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The Marine Engine Collection of
Mystic Seaport
contains over 280 unique representations of marine engines. As a result of a cooperative effort between the Shipyard and Collections Departments a database containing information and images of all those wonderful engines in now online.
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Antique Marine Engine Exposition
August 15-16, 2009
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The transition from sail to engine power was a momentous event for the maritime industry – and the world. Experience it firsthand as collectors from around the country come together for the largest marine engine show in the country to show off full size and miniature 19th- and early 20th-century marine engines. Inboards, outboards and steam engines will be on display in the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. Additional engines dating from 1889 to 1963 and manufactured by Evinrude, Johnson, Herreshoff, Palmer and Kriebel will be exhibited in the North Boat Shed.
Weekend activities include a set and weigh anchor demonstration featuring a 1914 Economy Sparta Donkey engine aboard the L.A. Dunton; the firing of engines, including a D-90 Lathrop diesel engine from the 1940s, in the Shipyard and a 1917 Hercules engine demonstration in the Museum's Hoop Shop.
FIRING OF THE LATHROP AND OTHER ENGINES
All Day, Preservation Shipyard
This D-90 diesel engine was built by the J.W. Lathrop Engine Company here in Mystic, Conn. Although built in the late 1940s, this engine saw no more than six hours of runtime before Mystic Seaport acquired it in 1985. During the late 1990s, volunteers rebuilt this engine to operational standards, and several volunteers maintain and run the engines throughout the year.
ENGINES IN THE NORTH BOAT SHED
All Day, North Boat Shed
Additional engines dating from 1889 to 1963 are on display in our North Boat Shed. See inboard, outboard, steam and naphtha engines manufactured by Evinrude, Johnson, Herreshoff, Palmer and Kriebel.
SET AND WEIGH ANCHOR DEMONSTRATION
1:30 p.m., L.A. Dunton
The L. A. Dunton features a 1914 Economy Sparta donkey engine, which was used to help raise the anchor and set the sails.
THE SOUND OF CHANGE
4:45 p.m., Hoop Shop
1917 Hercules engine demonstration