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OBJECT TYPE: DC/STREETCAR/ENCLOSED
DATE: 1886–1892
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2282.001

MANUFACTURER: Thomson-Houston Electric Co.
MODEL: 30/P
LOCATION: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 11264
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON, STEEL, IRON, COPPER, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. MOUNTED ON WOODEN BASE. COATED FABRIC WINDINGS, ETC. CARBON BRUSHES.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 118.0 cm
Width: 85.0 cm
Height: 80.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Conversion
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Thomson Houston
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Lynn

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF MOTOR PRESUMABLY USED C.1891 +
Canada: THIS TYPE OF MOTOR PROBABLY USED IN CANADA FOR AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY CAR. (REF. 1)
Function: TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY.
Technical: THOMSON-HOUSTON ELECTRIC CO. WAS ONE OF THE PIONEERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRIC RAILWAY APPARATUS. IT'S FIRST RAILWAY MOTOR, THE F-40, WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1886. THE FIRST COMMERCIALLYSUCCESSFUL ELECTRIC STREET CAR LINE IN N. AMERICA CAME INTO BEING IN 1883 IN TORONTO, ON CANADA. (REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Cast plate on casing top reads "W.P. ELECTRIC MOTOR/ PATENTED JAN. 13'80 OCT. 5'80 AUG. 2'81 JAN. 9'83/ OCT. 9'88 DEC. 4'88 APR. 23'89 FEB. 11'90 FEB. 25'90/ MAR. 4'90 MAY 6'90 JUL. 28'91 AUG. 4'91./ PATENTS APPLIED FOR/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THOMSON-HOUSTON ELECTRIC CO./ LYNN, MASS. U.S.A./ NO. 11264 CLASS 30- [blank] VOLTS 500 FORM P". "O.S.U./ 51322" stamped into mfr's plate. "E" cast in raised print on one short side of casing.
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: (POSSIBLY) NATURAL METAL FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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Thomson-Houston Electric Co., Motor, between 1886–1892, Artifact no. 1992.2282, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1992.2282.001/

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