General Electric type 1, form K alternating current motor
date: label: date made
content: ca1905
label: date made
content: ca 1905
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Nameplate: "Induction Motor / No. 68072 / Type 1 Class 6 - 5 - 1200 / Form K Cycles 60 H.P. 5 / Volts 220 Amp. 14 spec. no. / Patented: May 17, 1887; Feb. 14, '88; Sept. 18, '88; June 4, '89; July 30, '89; Nov. 14, '93; May 28, '95; June 25, 1901 / General Electric Co. / Schenectady, N.Y., U.S.A." Metal tag reads: "Harvard Graduate School of Engineering, Elec. Dept. A 11." Three phase alternating current motor has three slip rings on the shaft with associated carbon brush assembly. Frame construction is of the round type with louvers. A voltage panel for the stator is mounted to the side of the motor frame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Harvard University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315068
label: catalog number
content: 315068
label: accession number
content: 214610
objectType: label: Object Name
content: motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Object Name
content: motor, iinduction
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 28 in x 21 in; 58.42 cm x 71.12 cm x 53.34 cm