Model of Edison Company's Pearl Street Station, New York City
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Model (Representation)
Date Made
1929
Subject Date
1882
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
29.1746.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Matthew Scott Sloan.
Material
Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Glass (Material)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3 ft (Model)
Width: 5.667 ft (Model)
Length: 1.5 ft (Model)
Height: 6.688 ft (Case)
Width: 6.458 ft (Case)
Length: 2.219 ft (Case)
Inscriptions
plaque: MODEL / SHOWING INTERIOR OF THE HISTORIC / EDISON CENTRAL STATION / 257 Pearl St., NEW YORK CITY / SCALE=1/2"/ COMMENCED COMMERCIAL OPERATION / SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1882 / DESTROYED BY FIRE / JANUARY 2ND, 1890 / Original equipment consisted of / six 125 H.P.- 350 R.P.M. Porter-Allen / Engines each direct-connected to an / Edison "Jumbo" Dynamo having a / capacity of 1200 - 16 C.P. - 110 Volt / Lamps. Steam at 120 lbs. pressure / was supplied by four Babcock &/ Wilcox Boilers. Original engines / were replaced by Armington & Sims / Engines shown in the model. / Models made by the New York / Edison Company.
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