A. L. Hadley and James J. Wood Testing Arc Lamps and Wood's System Dynamos at the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation, circa 1894

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Artifact Overview

James J. Wood, electrician and mechanical engineer of the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation (right), and Arthur L Hadley, his assistant (left), stand in the arc lamp and dynamo testing department of the company's factory. Talented inventors like Wood helped the Fort Wayne, Indiana, business compete against other electric lighting equipment manufacturers. The company would eventually become a part of General Electric.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1894

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

29.1980.790.22

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Edison Pioneers.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.875 in
Width: 9.875 in

A. L. Hadley and James J. Wood Testing Arc Lamps and Wood's System Dynamos at the Fort Wayne Electric Corporation, circa 1894