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OBJECT TYPE
DC/BIPOLAR
DATE
1892
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1992.2286.001
MANUFACTURER
Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL
O
LOCATION
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
292
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
CAST IRON, STEEL, BRASS, COPPER, AND POSSIBLY OTHER METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION. COATED FABRIC COVERED WIRES. SOME MINOR WOODEN FITTINGS. CARBON BRUSHES.

Dimensions

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

Length
54.0 cm
Width
26.0 cm
Height
42.0 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
General Electric
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Peterborough

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Unknown
Period
THIS TYPE OF GENERATOR USED C. 1890S +
Canada
THIS TYPE OF SMALL GENERATOR MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD., AT THE PETERBORO WORKS, PETERBOROUGH ONT. THE PETERBOROUGH PLANT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1890 WHEN THE SHERBROOKE PQ PLANT BECAME TOO SMALL. (REF. 1)
Function
TO CONVERT MECHANICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
Technical
AFTER THE INITIAL DISCOVERIES MADE BY HUMPHREY DAVY, MICHAEL FARADAY, & HIPPOLYTE PIXII IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE 19TH C., THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERATORS WAS SLOW. GRAMME PRODUCED AND COMMERCALIZED IN 1872, THE FIRSTPRACTICAL GENERATOR IN WHICH NUMEROUS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WERE SOLVED. FOR HIS NEW INCANDESCENT LIGHT SYSTEM, EDISON WITH FRANCIS UPTON DEVELOPED A HIGHLY EFFICIENT DYNAMO IN 1879. WITH TIME, THE GENERATOR'S DESIGN CHANGED. (REF. 1)
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
Cast plate on generator reads "CANADIAN/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPANY, LIMITED/ PETERBORO WORKS/ ONTARIO." Cast and incised plate on opposite side reads "PATENTED/ OCT 9 1880/ MAR 13 1881/ TYPE 0/ 125. VOLTS/ NO. 292". Decal on base reads "THE HYDRO/ HISTORICAL/ ELECTRICAL/ COLLECTION". "292" cast on upper & lower edges of shaft housing (commutator end). "290" cast on upper & lower edges of shaft housing (flywheel end).
Missing
UNKNOWN. GENERATOR HAS BEEN DAMAGED.
Finish
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK ENAMEL. SOME METAL COMPONENTS HAVE NATURAL FINISH.
Decoration
N/A

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