Air Pump with Motor

Artifact

Pump (Machinery)

Creators

Leiman Bros. 

Eck Dynamo & Motor Company 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, Newark 

United States, New Jersey, Belleville 

Creator Notes

Pump manufactured by Leiman Bros., Newark, New Jersey. Motor manufactured by Eck Dynamo & Motor Works, Belleville, New Jersey.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2017.0.34.1339

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Wire
Wood (Plant material)

Color

Black (Color)
Brown

Dimensions

Height: 12 in

Width: 14 in

Length: 22.75 in

Inscriptions

on sides of pump: LEIMAN AIR PUMP / NEWARK N J / PAT'D / JUNE 14, 04 / MAR 31 08. on leg: SIZE A / SPEED 600 on plate on motor: MANUFACTURED BY / ECK DYNAMO & MOTOR WORKS / BELLEVILLE N.J. U.S.A. / H.P. 1/8 / AMP. 1.26 / VOLTS 115 / K.W. [blank] / SPEED 1600 / No W645 / PAT'D: JUNE 27 AND SEPT. 26 1889 / MARCH 12 AND MAY 7, 1904 / OCT. 6 1903 AND PATENTS PENDING on plate: COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. / NO. 178 / DETROIT

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