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John Abbott posted
Westinghouse factory workers |
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Randall Thompson commented on the above posting
This is a Westinghouse generator from about 1910, in the Ames Power Station near Telluride Colorado. Over to the right side in the picture, there appears to be similar units under construction. |
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John Abbott posted
Direct-driven compressor (Dynamo) 128 pole or as few as 16 poles. (1880) |
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John Abbott posted
Can_factory_workers_crimping_on_can_ends,_published_1909
[This looks like a line-shaft driven machine that was converted to electric power by having the motor turn the belt pulley.] |
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Matt A Kutz shared
image title is Woman at BASF gas engine power house in 1917
[The comments point out that it looks like the alternator is turning fast because of a slow shutter speed. The woman is holding a pose while the picture is being taken. The wheel of that size is probably turning at 60-80 rpm. An example of a large, slingle-crank gas engine.] |
Jeff Mullier
posted four pictures with the comment:
Some pages that may be of interest from a 1928 Metropolitan Vickers book "The Trafford Park Works of the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Ltd, Manchester".
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Stace Drumm
posted four photos with the comment: "
I am hooked on old electric motors."
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Fairbanks-Morse also made alternators as well as engines.
Western Electric made alternators as well as phones.
1907 alternators were installed when
the MWRD Powerhouse was built.
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