200 Hp Antique Westinghouse Electric Synchronous Motor Nikola Tesla Cir.1916

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Seller: orionspyramid ✉️ (7,044) 100%, Location: Roy, Utah, US, Ships to: US, Item: 334098852052 200 Hp Antique Westinghouse Electric Synchronous Motor Nikola Tesla Cir.1916 . Buy it now Historical Westinghouse Electric 200 Hp Synchronous Motor Circa 1916 and the smaller A/C Motor & DC Generator that was used to excite the armature of the big motor. It was motors like this, designed by Nikola Tesla, and built by Westinghouse Electric, that quickly industrialized our world around a hundred years ago!  Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse were perfect for each other.   This is large impressive motor!  The outside diameter of the field is FOUR FEET! This motor is in pieces now but I have all the pieces so that it can be reassembled on a 8 or 9 foot metal skid and made into a display piece.  There are only a few of these beautiful old Westinghouse motors out there.  This one powered a 100 ton ammonia compressor in a cutting edge slaughter house that went operational in 1917.  It's a fascinating story but perhaps this isn't the place to tell the entire story and history of this motor.  Yes it will take some effort to put it all back together but it's one of the most spectacular original Nikola Tesla designed motors in the world. The compressor oiler and the end of the compressor is included.  I have all of the bolts and nuts.  There is only one pillow block bearing because the compressor crankshaft was also the shaft the motor was assembled on (it's 6" in diameter.)  The shaft was cut at about 7 feet long.  I wasn't able to save the compressor, which broke my heart!  The slaughter house was operational into the early 70's I believe so this motor was running from April 1917 to say 1972! If you don't know the story of George Westinghouse, I'd encourage you to watch the documentary about him on Youtube.  After Westinghouse won the battle of the currents, JP Morgan, who owned General Electric, still managed to steal Westinghouse Electric from George Westinghouse.  Westinghouse would have had more patents than Edison but unlike Edison, Westinghouse allowed his employees to patent their inventions under their own names.  Unlike other Industrialist of his day George Westinghouse was a true gentleman! You can look at the photos and contact me for additional information. The buyer will pay for all of the shipping.  The armature is on a custom made cradle.  The field is bolted down to a custom skid.  The other parts are sitting on a long skid.  I can package the rest of the stuff for LTL shipping at a negotiated price.  It's all quite heavy, maybe around 3000 pounds for everything.  I'm located near Ogden, Utah 84401. I hope you've enjoyed seeing this old motor.  I've been buying and selling surplus for over 30 years and it's the coolest thing I've ever had. Comments from the ebay community follow Hi...   It looks like the full load speed is 460 rpm, this would mean this motor has 16 poles. And yes these motors are very rare, especially in running condition. Hope this helps...  Brian
  • Condition: Disassembled, safety railing is not included.
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1930

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