Report of inspection tour of the electrical engineers of Sibley College, Cornell University, 1895 March 24.

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Report of inspection tour of the electrical engineers of Sibley College, Cornell University, 1895 March 24.

Manuscript report on a tour of engineering plants in New York City and Schenectady, illustrated with many pen and ink drawings, and with photographs and steel engravings from unidentified publications. The report describes equipment at the Kent St. Station of the Brooklyn City Railroad, the Metropolitan Telephone Exchange, Crocker-Wheeler Motor Co. (Ampere, N.J.), Weston Instrument Factory (Newark, N.J.), and the General Electric Co. works in Schenectady, N.Y., including a brass foundry and an iron foundry, the Wire Department where cable was formed, and departments for the manufacture of porcelain, lamp sockets, and underground conduits.

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7775166

Cornell University Library

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Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts

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Metropolitan Telephone Exchange (New York, N.Y.)

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Weston Instrument Factory (Newark, N.J.)

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Crocker-Wheeler Electric Motor Company.

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Brooklyn City Rail Road Company

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General Electric Company

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Founded 1892. Corporate interests include: Broadcasting; Electric Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Motors; Telecommunications; Electromedical Industry. From the description of Technical records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865339 Founded 1892. From the description of General Electric Company in Camden, N.J., collection, 1878-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979711 Schenectady, NY. From the description of Electr...

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