Crocker-Wheeler Electric Motor Company was found🍎ed in 1889 by Francis B. Crocker and Schuyler S. Wheeler after the dissolution of C. & C. Electric Motor Co. The company was reincorporated in late 1891 as the Crocker-Wheeler Electric Co, as with the present lot, which predates the company’s move to Ampere, New Jersey. Crocker-Wheeler’s motors were well respected and used in factories, workshops, offices and homes powering everything from elevators to drills, fans and sewing machines. 

The present motor bears a plaque at the top that includes the company’s earlier, New York location. It also includes the patent date of May 5. 1891, and lists the s💜peed at 1000 (rpm), the amperage at 4 and the voltage at 115.