This little LEGO© Streetcar pays homage to the first streetcars installed in Edmonton in 1908 and operated by the Edmonton Radial Railway. Visitors can operate this model back & forth on a small section of track that has been installed in our museum. ...

A Generator Synchronizing procedure is used to safely connect an A.C. generator to another running generator or to the grid.  Before closing the breaker several conditions have to be met on the incoming machine: The frequency must match the running ...

Mercury Arc Rectifiers were used to convert Alternating Current (AC) power to Direct Current (DC) power. They were used by Edmonton Power starting in the 1920s until they were phased out in the 1990s.Mercury Arc Rectifiers were used mainly to provide ...

The Belliss and Morcom Steam Engine represents several steam engines used in the 1903 generating station.A steam engine is an external combustion heat engine that makes use of the heat energy that exists in steam and converting it to mechanical energy.Steam ...

An Edison Direct Current 6 kilowatt, 125-volt, bipolar dynamo/generator comes alive in the Edmonton Power Historical Foundation (ephf.ca) Museum.This vintage 1890 Edison Bipolar Dynamo (direct current generator) arrived at the museum in October 2014, ...

The Skinner Steam Engine drove the GE generator at the Alberta Legislative Assembly building beginning in 1951.It was a three-cylinder Unaflow Engine that allowed the admission of steam to the top and bottom of the steam cylinder. Exhaust was released ...

This General Electric Generator provided emergency back up power to the Province of Alberta Legislative power plant. It was installed in 1951 and removed in 1996. Manufacturer: Canadian General Electric Alternating Current Generator NO            ...

The Synchronous Converter was typically used to provide Direct Current (DC) for electrolysis in smelting, for traction motors in mine lifts and for street railway systems.The unit pictured had an Alternating Current (AC) input of 1200 amps and a DC current ...

This Boiler Control Panel was used on the No. 2 Boiler at the Rossdale Power Plant. The panel controlled the amount of fuel and air entering the boiler furnace, which was determined by the amount of steam required at a given time. The control panel operated ...

This Console was used to control the boiler functions; such as Combustion control (Air and Fuel amounts) feedwater flow, steam pressure and the amount of steam production Manufacturer:                            ...