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
Collection Title
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
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