Crocker-Wheeler type 1 fractional horsepower motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1891
name: label: maker
content: Crocker-Wheeler Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A bipolar DC motor with commutator on one end of armature shaft, carbon brushes on commutator, and a wooden knob rotary switch affixed to frame. Armature set above two vertical field poles. Oil cups are fitted on both sides of the frame for lubricating the armature shaft. Three mounting feet. Four mount holes on base. Nameplate reads: "Crocker-Wheeler / Motor Co. New York / 1-12 HP. Type 1 No. [scratched thru] Pat'd May 5-91. / Speed 1700 volts 110 Amp. .75". Plate on front: "Motor Co..N.Y. / Crocker-Wheeler"; cast on frame: "Crocker / Wheeler [twice]" and "New York"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.331904
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 331904
label: collector/donor number
content: 100-464
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Motor; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 16.51 cm x 21.59 cm