General Information

Serial #

5311

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ROLLED STEEL CASING/ METAL PARTS/ FABRIC? WIRE COVERING

Dimensions

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

Length

23.4 cm

Width

15.7 cm

Height

11.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive engineering

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MCKINNON

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

St. Catharines

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILEPTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.

Function

DEVICE WHICH GENERATES DIRECT CURRENT TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC POWER IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.

Technical

SIGNIFICANT ARTIFACT, TRANSITIONAL BOTH IN ITS TECHNICAL FEATURE & CORPORATE ORIGINS: IT IS 3 BRUSH INHERENTLY CONTROLLED, BUT IS EQUIPPED FOR EXTERNAL VOLTAGE REGULATION; IT IS HIGH CAPACITY GENERATOR BUT HAS UNVENTILATED BODY; IT WAS MADE BY DELCO-REMY BUT IS LABELLED MCKINNON (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING "CHRYSLER MOTORS/ VOLTAGE CONTROLLED GENERATOR/ MODEL 937 P SERIAL 5311/ MADE IN CANADA/ McKINNON IND. ST. CATHERINES, ONT."

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK

Decoration

N/A