Elevator drive

Description

Elevator drive, shunt-wound electric motor with worm and worm-wheel, mounted on a cast iron bedplate, by Ernest Scott and Mountain Close Works of Newcastle upon Tyne, c. 1890

Museum reference

T.1953.71

Collection

Technology

Object name

Elevator drive

Production information

Ernest Scott and Mountain Close Works, Electric motor manufacturer
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1890

Materials

Metal, Cast iron

Physical description

Cast iron bedplate