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First Large Steam Turbine-Generator During Installation at Fisk Street Station, Chicago Edison
General Electric Company1903
Museum of Innovation & Science
Schenectady, United States
First large steam turbine generator ever produced, installation at Chicago Edison's Fisk Street Station. The turbine-generator was designed and manufactured by General Electric. 5000 kW Turbine direct connected to ATB-6-5000-500-9000-Volt Form T Generator. First 5000 kW Turbine set in test, March 12, 1903. Obsolete by 1909, it was returned to GE's Schenectady Works, where it remains today as an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Historical Landmark.
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- Title: First Large Steam Turbine-Generator During Installation at Fisk Street Station, Chicago Edison
- Creator: General Electric Company
- Date Created: 1903
- Location: Chicago - Cook County - Illinois
- Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
- Original Language: English
- Subject Keywords: Engineers; Electrical apparatus; Power plants; Commonwealth Edison Company;
- Type: Photograph
- Publisher: General Electric Company
- Rights: This digital image may be used for educational uses. Please cite as miSci- Museum of Innovation & Science. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from miSci.
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