Westinghouse Niagara Falls generator, 1895
date: label: Date made
content: 1895
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Hydroelectric generator no. 1 from Adams Station, Niagara Falls. Unit began operation 26 August 1895. Original rating: 25 cycles, 2-phase alternating current, 2200 volts, 5000 horse-power. Unit rebuilt in 1926 for rating: 12000 volts, 3-phase AC current. Approximate weight: 85 tons. Designed and built by Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. after a preliminary design by Forbes. References: The Cassier Magazine, " The Harnessing of Niagara", (1895); Edward Dean Adams, Niagara Power (1927); The Electric Journal, "The reconstruction of the Umbrella-type generations at Niagara Falls," August. 1926.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Westinghouse Electric Corp., thru Tomlinson Fort, and Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., thru E. B. Strowger.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.323831
label: accession number
content: 252443
label: catalog number
content: 323831
label: serial number
content: 1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: generator
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 ft x 14 ft; 3.6576 m x 4.2672 m