Wheel, pelton
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2249.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Utilities Service Inc.
- MODEL
- 2-C SOLENOID
- LOCATION
- Troy, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 273
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON, STEEL, BRASS, COPPER, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. PLEXIGLASS VIEWING WINDOW COVERS OPENING IN PELTON WHEEL HOUSING.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 102.0 cm
- Width
- 36.0 cm
- Height
- 55.0 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
- Utilities
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Troy
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
PROBABLY USED TO PROVIDE POWER FOR EMERGENCY LIGHTING UNIT. - Technical
-
APPEARS TO BE PELTON WHEEL ASSEMBLY & GENERATOR COMPONENTS USED TO OPERATE AN ENERGENCY LIGHTING UNIT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .2: Plate on casing top reads "EMERGENCY LIGHTING UNIT/ SERIAL NO. 273/ VOLTS 110 AMPERES 43.7/ TYPE 2-C SOLENOID A.C. / APPROVAL NO. 276/ PATENT NO. 304895/ MANUFACTURED BY/ UTILITIES SERVICE, INC./ TROY, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A."./ Decal on casing reads "THE HYDRO/ HISTORICAL/ ELECTRICAL/ COLLECTION"./ "UNLOCK" & "LOCK" appears on switch box (?) mounted on one end of .2.
- Missing
- PELTON WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN ALTERED TO PERMIT VIEWING OF INTERIOR.
- Finish
- GREY ENAMEL FINISH. HAS CLEAR PLEXIGLASS VIEWING PANEL; HAND CRANK PAINTED RED.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Utilities Service Inc., Wheel, pelton, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2249, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2249.002/
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