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Workers in Front of Wound Revolving Field for Boulder Dam Generator, 1937
General Electric Company1937
Museum of Innovation & Science
Schenectady, United States
Workers pose in front of revolving field for GE generator at Boulder Dam. Wound revolving field (with lifting beam suspended from 2 cranes in place) for 1 of 2 General Electric vertical alternating-current generators, 82,500 KVA, 180 RPM, 16,500 Volts, 60 Cycles, Type ATI-W, 40-pole (Unit no. 5) side view, in hydroelectric power station at Boulder Dam, for U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation.
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- Title: Workers in Front of Wound Revolving Field for Boulder Dam Generator, 1937
- Creator: General Electric Company
- Date Created: 1937
- Location: Boulder City - Clark County - Nevada
- Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
- Original Language: English
- Subject Keywords: Dams; Hydroelectric generators; Employees; United States. Bureau of Reclamation; GE Energy (Firm);
- 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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