Lundell direct current motor
date: label: date made
content: 1896
name: label: associated person
content: Lundell
label: maker
content: Lundell
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Description: Spheroid shaped motor with pulley wheel at end of armature shaft. Oil cups at each end of shaft. This "F. M." type motor was made commercially for sewing machine operation and similar usage. Engraved plate reads: "Lundell Motor. First power motor operated by a current of electricity generated at the Falls of Niagara and Transmitted to the City of New York 462 miles on May 3, 1896 on commercial wires of the Western Union Telegraph Co., Alfred S. Brown, Electrical Engineer. " Painted label reads: "Niagara", May 3, 1906. Note: There were two motors powered by Niagara current during the 1896 Electrical Exposition in New York, a Westinghouse A.C. unit and the Lundell D.C. motor. References: Sprague Electric Co., Bulletin No. 206, June 1901, page 26.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from F. W. Hawley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.181426
label: catalog number
content: 181426
label: accession number
content: 31821
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Motor; Motors and Generators
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 7 in x 12 in; 18.415 cm x 17.78 cm x 30.48 cm