General Electric Alternating current ammeter circa 1914, with a mirrored scale for reading accuracy, manufactured after 1914. Prior to 1914 the Thomson name was on most GE measuring equipment nameplates. 

Electrical power in North America is generated at 60 cycles per per second A Micromax recorder similar to this one built by Leads & Northrup was used in both Rossdale and Clover Bar generating Stations this particular instrument is from the old Celanese ...

503 CIRCUIT BREAKER Circa 1937   Manufacturer Westinghouse Type Oil Voltage 2400/4160   5KV insulation class Location 500 Sub 82 1/2 AVE and 104 1/2 ST Yaer 1937  was in service during WW2 Outside 500 Substation Inside Sub    ...

This is a small turbine used to drive a pump or fan in industry Steam turbines are HEAT engines   They convert the heat energy from steam into mechanical energy that rotates the shaft.   Nozzle: First converts heat into kinetic energy  by ...

This is an Interactive Display to explain how the boiler in a power plant operates. Related interactive displays Turbine Flyball Governor

Come out to the Museum and try out the Game These are photos of the screen as the display is played  

An interactive model A.C. generator connected to a Weston model 1 D.C. volt-ammeter and a string of leds. The alternator has a stator coil, and a rotor which consists of two permanent magnets mounted to an axel fitted ...

Flyball Governors are used to maintain Engines or Turbines at a ``constant`` speed. The faster the shaft is turned the farther out the balls will swing. Do to centrifugal force. This motion is transmitted through linkage to close a valve supplying Steam ...

  Bertran Thomas Engineers Manchester England Manufacturer Bertram Thomas Type H.S.E. Volts 575 AMPS 1600  

Disconnect Switches are used to isolate an electrical circuits Specifications Manufacturer:  Canadian Westinghouse Voltage 15000 Amp 600 Style No H.14309 Pat 1922 Manufacturer: Electrical Engineers Equipment Co. Voltage 4000 Amp 300 Style Cat 17101 ...