Early street railway direct current motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1892
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: No extant maker's markings. Four pole construction, flattened windings, Gramme-type armature. Old exhibition label reads: "This machine, apparently made entirely of wrought iron, is a street railway motor which was originally operated on a storage-battery line over tracks known in the early [1890s] as the Coliseum Line [in New Orleans]. Two of these machines, rated at 75 volts each, were used in series, and operated on storage batteries installed under the seats of the cars." Reference: E H Charlton, "Louisiana, The Street cars of New Orleans, 1831 - 65," Volume II, page 171. Charlton rated the motor at 12 HP.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.322245
label: catalog number
content: 322245
label: accession number
content: 205734
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: 20 in x 27 in x 35 in; 50.8 cm x 68.58 cm x 88.9 cm