Triple Expansion Steam Engine, 1891
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Steam engine (Engine)
Date Made
1891
Creators
Edison General Electric Company
Place of Creation
United States, Pennsylvania, Scranton
United States, New York, Schenectady
Creator Notes
Steam engine designed by John Van Vleck, chief engineer of the Edison Illuminating Company, with assistance from David Joy and S.F. Prest, and built by the Dickson Manufacturing Company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Generators made by the Edison General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York.
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
29.111.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of The New York Edison Company.
Material
Steel (Alloy)
Cast iron
Technique
Casting (Process)
Color
Reddish orange
Yellow
Dimensions
Length: 12 ft
Diameter: 18 in (Bore)
Width: 18.667 ft
Height: 20 ft
Diameter: 27 in (Bore)
Length: 30 in (Stroke)
Diameter: 40 in (Bore)
Weight: 100 lbs
Horsepower: 625 hp (466.06 kW)
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