Motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2 HP/975 RPM/115 V/15.8 amp
- DATE
- 1885
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0228.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Crocker-Wheeler Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ampere, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 212376
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cast metal motor with metal coils on a wooden base, with synthetic cable covering and an acrylic top on the rheostat.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 86.5 cm
- Width
- 69.5 cm
- Height
- 52.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Power devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Crocker Wheeler
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Ampere
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED BY CANADIAN NEWSPAPER OFFICE - Function
-
Used as a source of rotational power for a printing press. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF CYLINDER PRESS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On the manufacturer's plate on the proper top: "CROCKER-WHEELER/ COMPANY./ AMPERE, N.J., U.S.A./ 2 H.P. SIZE 2 C.M.. PAT'D MAY 5, 1891/ AND OTHERS./ NO. 212376/ 975 (this number appears to possibly have a strike through it) SPEED 975 AMP. 15.8 VOLTS 115"/ On the plate on the rheostat: "THE ROYAL ELECTRIC CO./ MONTREAL/ TYPE VOLTS 125"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Black and red motor housing and black rheostat on a black wooden base, with bronze-coloured metal plate and parts.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Crocker-Wheeler Co., Motor, after 1885, Artifact no. 1975.0228, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0228.002/
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