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Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
By: Mi Steam Date: July 13, 2019, 4:12 pm
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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.
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Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
By: Stoker Date: July 13, 2019, 6:20 pm
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That's pretty cool Carl, that you found an era appropriate ad
for it too is even cooler!!!
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Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
By: Jim Date: July 13, 2019, 6:46 pm
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Very nice Carl and the ad is a real bonus.
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Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
By: St Paul Steam Date: July 13, 2019, 8:16 pm
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Very nice, back when things were made to last.
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Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
By: jkbixby Date: July 13, 2019, 8:38 pm
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That's a very nice old motor - would love to have one like that
especially with the known history.
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Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
By: Mi Steam Date: July 14, 2019, 12:39 am
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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
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That is a neat motor, Carl!
I like the reversing switch.
Gil
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Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
By: txlabman Date: July 16, 2019, 10:07 am
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Thanks for posting Carl.
Nice one!
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Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
By: Kmot Date: July 16, 2019, 10:41 pm
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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.
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Re: Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
By: Roscoe Date: September 17, 2019, 8:42 am
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Cool motor, dig the reversing switch.
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