Initial Start Up Testing of 1915 Vintage 750 HP Wound Rotor Motor after Rewinding the Rotor & Stator

City of Memphis Gayoso Pumping Station 750 HP 6,250 Volt 116 RPM Wound Rotor Motor #3 initial Start-Up testing after rewind of both the stator and rotor. This machine drives a pump that moves 135,000 GPM of storm water from the Gayoso drainage area into Wolf River Harbor between Mud Island and the City of Memphis which then feeds directly into the Mississippi River. When the Mississippi River is higher than 28 feet, one of these four motors will be started to help pump down storm water from old Gayoso Bayou