Manufactured by Brady & Martin Ltd Newcastle on Tyne This instrument is used in steam turbine condensers which are operated at pressures below atmospheric pressure.           (In a vacuum condition). ...

In the late 19th and early 20th century, demand for electricity in Edmonton was growing exponentially, and the Edmonton Electric Lighting & Power Company found itself scrambling to keep up with demand. By 1914, plans were already being drawn up to ...

The Emerson 1901 ½ HP Single Phase AC motor.The repulsion-start induction-run motor, starts as a repulsion motor and runs as an Induction motor. The advantage of this starting scheme provided greater starting torque than a split phase motor could provide. ...

The Edmonton Power Historical Foundation was able to have this Thomson Houston dynamo running again in time to commemorate the 125th anniversary of electric lights in Edmonton. The first generator to provide electric power in 1891 in Edmonton was a Thomson ...

The Commodore AL-1000 programmable calculator in the collection was originally purchased for use in the Administration building on the grounds of the Rossdale power plant. This was a very sophisticated machine for the time, although not surprisingly it ...

A Generator Synchronizing procedure is used to safely connect an A.C. generator to another running generator or to the grid.  Before closing the breaker several conditions have to be met on the incoming machine: The frequency must match the running ...

Mercury Arc Rectifiers were used to convert Alternating Current (AC) power to Direct Current (DC) power. They were used by Edmonton Power starting in the 1920s until they were phased out in the 1990s.Mercury Arc Rectifiers were used mainly to provide ...

The Belliss and Morcom Steam Engine represents several steam engines used in the 1903 generating station.A steam engine is an external combustion heat engine that makes use of the heat energy that exists in steam and converting it to mechanical energy.Steam ...

An Edison Direct Current 6 kilowatt, 125-volt, bipolar dynamo/generator comes alive in the Edmonton Power Historical Foundation (ephf.ca) Museum.This vintage 1890 Edison Bipolar Dynamo (direct current generator) arrived at the museum in October 2014, ...

The Skinner Steam Engine drove the GE generator at the Alberta Legislative Assembly building beginning in 1951.It was a three-cylinder Unaflow Engine that allowed the admission of steam to the top and bottom of the steam cylinder. Exhaust was released ...