Steve Rockwell Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Images courtesy of miSci The Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady NY 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Durbin Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Westy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share Posted December 15, 2023 I would perhaps normally wait for the correct answer before replying, but here I am on-site and don't wish to be impolite about things... so no, swing and a miss, but do appreciate the interest George... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 looks like a Western Electric Bipolar but with a closed brush assembly area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share Posted December 15, 2023 21 minutes ago, Steve Rockwell said: I would perhaps normally wait for the correct answer before replying, but here I am on-site and don't wish to be impolite about things Am back again, so I'll reply... warmer... am away for most of the day, will check in when possible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Lindsey Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Peerless bipolar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim Kovar Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 There they are... photos of a really good-looking fan... In keeping with precedent, I imagine I'll throw in some Peerless history... but not right this moment... Jim, do you have a year of manufacture for that fan? Its cage wires have a longer straight segment than the 12-inch in the black & white photo, to my eye anyway... and recurved outer ring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Rathberger Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 A fresh Peerless bipolar was turned up in Chicago back in the late 90s, maybe early 2000s. It hit ebay. I want to say it turned up in a factory over on Cermak and about Halsted. It was the first fan I saw sell for high dollars, where it went I have no idea, it was out of my bank books reach... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 1899. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 1900. Peerless direct current desk and ceiling fan motors. : Vallee Bros. Electrical Company : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Both 1899 electrical trade images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 1900, with one recurve... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Huber Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 I wonder if Westinghouse got uptight with this 99 Peerless badge and changes were made? 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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