(DIR) Return Create A Forum - Home --------------------------------------------------------- Office of Steam Forum for Model &amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Toy Steam Gas &amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Hot Air Engines (HTM) https://officeofsteamforum.createaforum.com --------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** (DIR) Return to: General Discussion - Dynamos, Generators, Alternato... ***************************************************** #Post#: 11774-------------------------------------------------- Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: Mi Steam Date: July 13, 2019, 4:12 pm --------------------------------------------------------- I had forgotten about having this motor. I saw one that looked like mine but it had a gear with a lever on the pulley end. They were in business from about 1895 to 1947 in New York City. I date mine about 1914 from an ad in Modern Electric and Mechanics January 1914. [attachimg=1] [attachimg=2] [attachimg=3] [attachimg=4] #Post#: 11776-------------------------------------------------- Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: Stoker Date: July 13, 2019, 6:20 pm --------------------------------------------------------- That's pretty cool Carl, that you found an era appropriate ad for it too is even cooler!!! #Post#: 11779-------------------------------------------------- Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: Jim Date: July 13, 2019, 6:46 pm --------------------------------------------------------- Very nice Carl and the ad is a real bonus. #Post#: 11782-------------------------------------------------- Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: St Paul Steam Date: July 13, 2019, 8:16 pm --------------------------------------------------------- Very nice, back when things were made to last. #Post#: 11785-------------------------------------------------- Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: jkbixby Date: July 13, 2019, 8:38 pm --------------------------------------------------------- That's a very nice old motor - would love to have one like that especially with the known history. #Post#: 11790-------------------------------------------------- Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: Mi Steam Date: July 14, 2019, 12:39 am --------------------------------------------------------- After collecting for a number you forget what you have collected. The company was started in 1895 by David W Knapp in New York City. Besides making electric motors they made electric automobiles, board games, fans, machine tools, and other electric items. In 1898 ads appeared showing they were making a Knapp C And D type motors and had cells batteries made by Gordon Burnham Co. By 1902 they were making a Kenco Trade Mark No.1 Electric toy Train kit. It had a trolley car and 9 feet of track and were a 2" gauge which had been introduced by Marklin in 1891 at the Leipzig Toy Fair. I want to hook this motor to a steam engine and see how it works. In the past I had it hooked up to batteries and added 1.5-volt batteries from 1 to 3 how a light bulb got brighter with more speed. #Post#: 11903-------------------------------------------------- Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: RedRyder Date: July 16, 2019, 6:18 am --------------------------------------------------------- That is a neat motor, Carl! I like the reversing switch. Gil #Post#: 11916-------------------------------------------------- Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: txlabman Date: July 16, 2019, 10:07 am --------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for posting Carl. Nice one! #Post#: 11989-------------------------------------------------- Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: Kmot Date: July 16, 2019, 10:41 pm --------------------------------------------------------- I have had my eye on the auction site for a few years, hoping to score a vintage Knapp motor but they always sell for way more than I want to spend. I wanted to do the same as you, hook it up to my scratch built steam plant. #Post#: 15140-------------------------------------------------- Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co. By: Roscoe Date: September 17, 2019, 8:42 am --------------------------------------------------------- Cool motor, dig the reversing switch. ***************************************************** (DIR) Next Page