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Westinghouse Electric Truck Motor
Catalog #: 2003.0036.01,
Accession #: 2003.0036
Currently on display
Not a part of the official Smithsonian Collection
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Physical Description |
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artifact. Electric engine. with cover open: 21"L x 17" W x 14" H, cover plate: 14" x 4"
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Details |
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Credit: | Gift of Douglas Palmbach, Robert Palmbach, and Vogel Electric |
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History |
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Between the 1890s and 1920s, a standard automotive design emerged out of the competition between steam, electric, and internal-combustion cars. Manufacturers chose engines, drive trains, and accessories that they thought would attract buyers or make cars more powerful, cheaper, or easier to operate. The front-engine, shaft-driven internal-combustion car appeared by 1901 and became the overwhelming choice of motorists by 1910.
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