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- OBJECT TYPE
- DC/MULTIPOLAR/SHUNT
- DATE
- 1919
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1865.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- SK [FRAME 20]
- LOCATION
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2417037
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL CASE. CAST IRON BEARING BRACKETS. LAMINATED POLE PIECES & ARMATURE CORE. STEEL SHAFT SUPPORTS. COPPER, MICA INSULATED COMMUTATOR. BRONZE BEARINGS. STEEL BRUSH HOLDERS & SPRINGS ON STEEL POSTS. CARBON BRUSHES. BRASS MFG'S PLATE. MISC STELL HARDWARE & FIBRE INSULATING WASHERS.COPPER WIRE WINDINGS. WOODEN BASE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 73.0 cm
- Width
- 40.0 cm
- Height
- 45.0 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
- Westinghouse
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Pittsburgh
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1919-1947
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE & VARIED COLLECTDION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN THE 1960'S. THIS COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS AND IS THOUGHT TO BE THE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1992. - Function
-
USED TO CONVERT ROTARY MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Technical
-
THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF GENERATOR HAD ALONG DESIGN LIFE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'WESTINGHOUSE/ ELECTRIC & MFG. CO./ PITTSBURGH, P.A. U.S.A./ DIRECT CURRENT GENERATOR/ TYPW SK FRAME 20/ SHUNT WOUND/ 3KW 125 VOLTS 24 AMP 1800 RPM/ % LOAD 100 TIME 24 TEMP 40/ (HOURS) RISE/ [DEGREE]C./ STYLE W WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC [LOGO] SERIAL 2417037/ PATENTED/ 8-29-03...[SEE PATENT FIELD]'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- CASE: FLAT BLACK PAINT. BEARING INSPECTION COVERS AND COUPLER, ORANGE ENAMEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Generator, circa 1919, Artifact no. 1992.1865, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1865.001/
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