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OBJECT TYPE: DC TO AC/POLYPHASE
DATE: 1894
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1650.001

MANUFACTURER: Fort Wayne Electric Works
MODEL: WOOD RT
LOCATION: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 7207
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON BASE, FIELD RING & BEARING BLOCKS. STEEL SHAFT, LAMINATED STEEL ARMATURE & FIELD CORES. INSULATED COPPER ARMATURE & FIELD WINDINGS. FIELD WINDINGS FABRIC TAPED & VARNISHED. BRASS SLIP RINGS, LAMINATED COPPER AC BRUSHES MOUNTED ON BRASS POSTS. CARBON DC BRUSHES WITH BRASS & STEEL BRUSH MOUNTS & HOLDERS. COPPER COMMUTATOR, BRONZE BEARINGS, MISC HARDWARE; WOODEN FITTING ON SHAFT END & BASEPLATE FOR TERMINAL POSTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 94.0 cm
Width: 60.0 cm
Height: 60.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Fort Wayne
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Indiana
City: Fort Wayne

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF GENERATOR USED C.1894-1925
Canada: PART OF A LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WASDONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992
Function: TO CONVERT ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Technical: INTERESTING DESIGN ALLOWS FOR DEVELOPING AC AND DC FROM A COMMON ARMATURE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO TOP OF GENERATOR READS: '"WOOD" GENERATOR/ FRAME 2 TYPE RT FORM L/ K.W. 5 VOLTS/ DC 125/ AC 85/ AMPS 40 SPEED 1200/ NO. 7207/ PAT'D JAN.30.1894 SEPT.12.1894/ PAT'D NOV.20,1894/ FORT WAYNE ELECTRIC WORKS/ FORT WAYNE, IND. U.S.A.'
Missing: AC BRUSH & MOUNTING CLAMP ASSEMBLY. THUMB NUT MISSING FROM FIELD BRIDGING BLOCK. FIELD SUPPLY CONNECTORS & CERAMIC MOUNTING INSULATOR ON SIDE OF FIELD RING IS BENT BUT PRESENT.
Finish: FIELD RING & BASE HAVE OLIVE GREEN GLOSS ENAMEL FINISH - FIELD COILS & ARMATURE WINDINGS HAVE BLACK ENAMEL FINISH. FIELD CONNECTION BLOCKS ARE NATURAL BLACK & BROWN BAKELITE. WOODEN BLOCK VARNISHED WITH NATURAL BRASS THUMB SCREW CONNECTORS. COMMUTATOR, SLIP RINGS, MANUFACTURER'S PLATE & BRASS HARDWARE ALL NATURAL FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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Fort Wayne Electric Works, Converter, rotary, after 1894, Artifact no. 1992.1650, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1650.001/

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