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- Van Depoele Motor, circa 1885 -
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Van Depoele Motor, circa 1885
- Van Depoele System Component, circa 1885 -
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Van Depoele System Component, circa 1885
- Van Depoele System Component, circa 1885 -
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Van Depoele System Component, circa 1885
- Van Depoele Motor, circa 1887 -
- circa 1887
- Collections - Artifact
Van Depoele Motor, circa 1887
- Model of a Component of the Van Depoele Railway System, circa 1883 -
- circa 1883
- Collections - Artifact
Model of a Component of the Van Depoele Railway System, circa 1883
- Van Depoele Electric Manufacturing Company Trolley Line Insulator, Used in Lynn, Massachusetts,1888 - Most electric streetcars took their power from an overhead wire. A trolley wheel, at the end of a spring-loaded pole, contacted the wire and collected electric current. Insulators made from non-conductive materials -- like glass, porcelain, rubber, or wood -- isolated the electrified contact wire from its supports.
- 1888
- Collections - Artifact
Van Depoele Electric Manufacturing Company Trolley Line Insulator, Used in Lynn, Massachusetts,1888
Most electric streetcars took their power from an overhead wire. A trolley wheel, at the end of a spring-loaded pole, contacted the wire and collected electric current. Insulators made from non-conductive materials -- like glass, porcelain, rubber, or wood -- isolated the electrified contact wire from its supports.