40.003 - TRANSFORMER USED BY STANLEY, Science Service Historical Image Collection

ca. 1886 - Type of transformer evolved by engineers from the Gaulard and Gibbs induction coil and used by William Stanley in the first alternating-current system of Great Barrington, Mass.

TRANSFORMER USED BY STANLEY

E&MP 40.003

Electric Transformers

ca. 1886

Type of transformer evolved by engineers from the Gaulard and Gibbs induction coil and used by William Stanley in the first alternating-current system of Great Barrington, Mass.

Photo 179070

Additional Information:

The inventor of the first electric transformer, which made possible the transmission of electric power over long distance, was Great Barrington native William Stanley (1858-1916).

http://www.berkshires.com/features/detail.php?id=16