subject: Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Electrical Engineering Dept
description- – A postcard of the Atwater Kent Laboratory at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Atwater Kent Laboratory was completed in 1907, and at the time of its completion was the first academic building in the United States that was totally devoted to electric engineering. The original building had a large power panel that ran the length of the building, used in the School's focus on Electrical Railway Engineering. For nearly 40 years the building was only known as the"Great Laboratory"or the"EE"Building. It wasn't until 1949, when the building was named for one of its most famous non-graduates, Atwater Kent, a member of the class of 1900 who went on to become a pioneer in radio, that the building officially had a name.
subjectcollectiondatepublishercreatorrelation- – Is a part of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute History Collection. University Archives and Special Collections, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, George C. Gordon Library, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.wpi.edu/+library
formatlanguage description- – A postcard of the Atwater Kent Laboratory at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Atwater Kent Laboratory was completed in 1907, and at the time of its completion was the first academic building in the United States that was totally devoted to electric engineering. The original building had a large power panel that ran the length of the building that was used in the School's focus on Electrical Railway Engineering. For nearly 40 years the building was known only as the"Great Laboratory"or the"EE"Building. It wasn't until 1949 that the building officially had a name. It was named for one of its most famous non-graduates, Atwater Kent, a member of the class of 1900 who went on to become a pioneer in radio.
subjectcollectiondatepublishercreatorrelation- – Is a part of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute History Collection. University Archives and Special Collections, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, George C. Gordon Library, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.wpi.edu/+library
formatlanguage description- – A postcard of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Tech Trolley or Technical Special Car. With the construction of the Electrical Engineering building (Atwater Kent building) in 1907, the Electrical Engineering Department at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute was able to expand its focus on Electric Railroad Engineering with the Tech Trolley, a forty-foot trolley that allowed students to test speed, voltage, current and resistance of rail lines, both inside and outside of the Electrical Engineering building. The Trolley was Pullman-green with gold trimmings and had side and end doors but no regular steps, a precaution for persons who might otherwise mistake it for a passenger trolley. Rolled out of the big west door of the Electrical Engineering building, it tested around 3878 miles of New England's Electric Railways before it was finally decommissioned in 1937.
subjectcollectiondatepublishercreatorrelation- – Is a part of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute History Collection. University Archives and Special Collections, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, George C. Gordon Library, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.wpi.edu/+library
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