model of Charles G. Page electric motor of 1853
date: label: Date made
content: 1850
label: date made
content: 1885
name: label: maker
content: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 1/6 scale model of Charles Page's 1853 electro-locomotive. No extant maker's markings. Four solenoids of heavy wires are set horizontally, with a sliding framework carrying the armature to and fro from the coils. A lever mechanism operates a small flywheel. Double-axis reciprocating engine. Exhibited by the B&O Railroad at the Atlanta Exposition.
label: Description (Brief)
content: A 23 November 1896 letter from Charles Selden, Superintendent of Telegraph, B&O Railroad stated in part: "The models ... were gotten up under the supervision of Major J. G. Pangborn to be shown at, I think, the first New Orleans Exposition sometime between 1884 and 1886, .... I do not know where they got the model of the Page electric motor, but I think it was made up from written descriptions. They are probably as near correct as could be gotten under the circumstances." Reference: W. James King, Development of Electrical Technology in the 19th Century, page 270.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Curator George C. Maynard noted: Page electric motor [model]. Invented and used by Charles Grafton Page in 1850. Operated by a chemical battery; used In running a car for several miles out of Washington on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad track, which then terminated at the corner of 2nd & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the B&O Railroad, thru John Randolph
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.180034
label: catalog number
content: 180034
label: accession number
content: 20796
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electric Motor
label: Object Name
content: electric motor
label: Other Terms
content: Electric Motor; Electromagnetic Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 11 in x 5 in; 12.7 cm x 27.94 cm x 12.7 cm