Engine - Armington and Sims

Object/Artifact

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Heritage Acres

Arminton and Sims steam engine: Couples to Edison Bi Polar Dynamo
Arminton and Sims steam engine

Couples to Edison Bi Polar Dynamo

Name/Title

Engine - Armington and Sims

Entry/Object ID

1990.044.0

Description

The first electric generator unit in Victoria: (couples to Edison Bi-Polar Dynamo which is in the museum). From the Navy Drydock in Esquimault. It was included as an item in the Article of Confederation. Armington & Sims Engine Company was a manufacturer of steam engines located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was established in 1881 by Pardon Armington and Gardner C. Sims. The factory was located at the corner of High Street near Knight in Providence.[1] The company produced an innovative line of high-speed stationary steam engines designed to be more compact, simpler and less expensive than other engines of its day. This included a single-disk engine ranging from seventy to seven hundred horsepower and a double-disk engine ranging from ten to one hundred and fifty horsepower. By 1886, the Edison Illuminating Company had purchased about three hundred Armington & Sims engines, including the ones at Pearl Street Station in New York City.[2]