Alternator at Columbian Exposition

1893

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Alternator at Columbian Exposition
  • Title
  • Alternator at Columbian Exposition
  • Date
  • 1893
  • Identifier
  • 20170320-hpichswp-0011
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP424_B001_F043_I01
  • Description
  • A man stands beside two 750 K.W. alternators at the World's Fair. Caption reads: "Chicago World's Fair, 1893. Two single-phase alternators magnetically coupled, 90 degrees electrically out of phase to provide two phase alternating current for exposition lighting."
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Electric generators.
    World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
  • Source
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation Photographs, 1886-1996, MSP 424, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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