Frederick Dalzell
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262042567
- eISBN:
- 9780262258708
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262042567.003.0007
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation
This chapter examines the market competition faced by Frank Sprague's Sprague Electric Company (SEC). It explains that after the company had staged the operational advantages of Sprague's ...
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This chapter examines the market competition faced by Frank Sprague's Sprague Electric Company (SEC). It explains that after the company had staged the operational advantages of Sprague's multiple-unit (MU) control system at the South Side Elevated Railroad Company project, both Edison General Electric (GE) and Westinghouse formulated complex responses to the challenge posed by the MU control system. The chapter discusses GE's filing of a patent infringement suit against SEC and highlights GE's eventual acquisition of Sprague's third company.Less
This chapter examines the market competition faced by Frank Sprague's Sprague Electric Company (SEC). It explains that after the company had staged the operational advantages of Sprague's multiple-unit (MU) control system at the South Side Elevated Railroad Company project, both Edison General Electric (GE) and Westinghouse formulated complex responses to the challenge posed by the MU control system. The chapter discusses GE's filing of a patent infringement suit against SEC and highlights GE's eventual acquisition of Sprague's third company.
Frederick Dalzell
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262042567
- eISBN:
- 9780262258708
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262042567.003.0004
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation
This chapter examines the contribution of Frank Sprague's electric railcar project for the Richmond Union Passenger Railway. It suggests that while the project cannot be considered a heroic ...
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This chapter examines the contribution of Frank Sprague's electric railcar project for the Richmond Union Passenger Railway. It suggests that while the project cannot be considered a heroic invention, it marked a turning point in the evolution of the technology, and that Sprague had accomplished a formidable feat of technological engineering and a dramatic staging of the innovation. The chapter highlights his efforts to refine the electric railways technology and the Edison General Electric Company's acquisition of the Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Company (SERM).Less
This chapter examines the contribution of Frank Sprague's electric railcar project for the Richmond Union Passenger Railway. It suggests that while the project cannot be considered a heroic invention, it marked a turning point in the evolution of the technology, and that Sprague had accomplished a formidable feat of technological engineering and a dramatic staging of the innovation. The chapter highlights his efforts to refine the electric railways technology and the Edison General Electric Company's acquisition of the Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Company (SERM).
