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RichardDurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2640
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 07:51 pm: | 
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Calvert 2011
I'm Hoping that there wasn't a camera ban on the museum grounds that weekend ??
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George Coates III
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Username: giii
Post Number: 5
Registered: 04-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 09:54 pm: |
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There wasn't anything to take pictures of except some old engines, boats and stuff. And the amazing Atlas Imperial in the John Arthur.
I didn't remember my camera!
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Richard A. Day Jr.
Senior Member
Username: richardday
Post Number: 948
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 - 08:44 am: |
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Unfortunately with weather reports indicating rain dampened the attendance. As so many times in the past the weather patterns on the southern end of Maryland spared the show on Sat with heavy rains to the west toward the mountains and to the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Some very interesting engines turned up John Smietana has added a beautiful Hicks which was most impressive to his display. Bob Legnon had his beautiful restorations. We missed seeing more of the LA gang.
Scott Noteworthy had a great display. Jeff Kitzmiller had some rare engines. I brought two recent acquisitions. A Fisherman and a 10HSP Gray ca 1910 two stroke. Really a large hunk of cast iron in remarkably good condition. Ernie Darrow with his unusual fine touch got them running very well. I am glad they were bolted down to the deck of the Lo-Boy. Didn't run water in the jackets but did run them long enough for folks to see them running. Want to go over the water systems before attempting long runs.
Art Zeman brought his boat he built. It has a Palmer Q-2 with the exhaust manifold Bob Price designed and it looks very close to the original manifolds.
Kelley Anderson brought his beautiful steam boat which we had not seen in some years. He built the whole system boat, boiler, engine etc. Quite a few outboards were on display. Ken Kaumeyer Ran some of his outboards for us.
Keith Billet had some very interesting engines. One was a very complete Wolverine which went home with John Smietana. Bill Fiege brought the oldest known YT-1 which like all YT-1s operate like a clock.
The John Arthur and crew were most hospitable to the gang on Friday night inviting all to a great cook out under the lighthouse. The Sat. night banquet put on by the museum was outstanding and their Sunday morning breakfast sponsored by Keith Billet was well worth getting out of bed for.
The museum has rebuilt the antique marine engine display and made the engines more visible to the public and at the same time less vulnerable to sticky fingers!! They have also done an outstanding series of mockups showing how Chesapeake Bay boat builders actually went about building their hulls. It is interesting to know the average life of many of the old time hulls with big old one lungers was ten years due to the serious stresses these old time engines put on the hull. Typical practice was to build a replacement hull taking the old engine prop, shaft stuffing box etc, all the good metal parts and shove the old hull into a backwater creek to rot. Many of these engines lasted through 3 hulls according to old timers. I hope Ernie Darrow got some good photos of the show. |
Ernie
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Username: ernie
Post Number: 1342
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 - 11:00 am: |
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No camera here as I flew and didn't want anything extra to stuff in my luggage
I saw Scott N with a camera |
RichardDurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2642
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 - 12:34 pm: |
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I know some of these new high tech gadgets are difficult for many of us from the non electronics techy generation ! I have solved one of them though !
I just got a new cell phone, and it's one that I can understand, outsmart, and know how to operate!!!
I got it at the "Verizon Cell Phone for Seniors store" at the mall here in South Florida.
I'll see if maybe they have some of the old Kodak "Brownie cameras" I could lend them out to someone going to the shows I can't attend ?
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Scott Noseworthy
Senior Member
Username: scott_n
Post Number: 194
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 - 01:51 pm: |
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Will try to get my pictures up soon I'm setting up a new computer |
Scott Noseworthy
Senior Member
Username: scott_n
Post Number: 195
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 05:03 pm: |
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RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2647
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 06, 2011 - 08:56 pm: |
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Scott
Thanks for posting the photos, Some nice engines there !
Anyone have a mfgr name for the small single with the finned head ??
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J.B. Castagnos
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Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 597
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 06:05 am: |
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Nice pictures Scott, wish I could have made it to the show. |
Richard A. Day Jr.
Senior Member
Username: richardday
Post Number: 960
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 06:18 am: |
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Richard, I will call Richard Dodds and ask him to send us a note what the background of that jewel is. He has the material. As I remember it it was made by a local man. Will get back to you. Dick |
Richard A. Day Jr.
Senior Member
Username: richardday
Post Number: 961
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 09:52 am: |
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The following information was provided by Richard Dodds, Curator of the Calvert Marine Museum
As I mentioned on the telephone our records do not contain much information on the motor you inquired about. It was received in 1970, the year the museum was founded, and records from that time period leave a lot to be desired. The provenance for the motor was supplied by James LeRoy “Pepper” Langley in 1992.
“Pepper” was a long time member of the museum staff and his painting and carvings are outstanding. They dot the Museum. He was one of the old timers in the area and knew the watermens history better than most.
According to our accession records, the engine was one of two donated to the museum by Leon Langley of Solomons, MD. According to notes in the file by “Pepper” Langley, these engines are two of seven one-cylinder motors built by Frederick C. “Pop” Bailey. “Pepper” stated that the motors were made on board one of the Ghost Fleet Ships and sold to locals to use in skiffs.
Frederick C. Bailey came to the area with the U.S. Shipping Board reserve fleet, also known as the “Ghost Fleet,” that was moored in the Patuxent River south of Point Patience in the late 1920s and 1930s. According to Merle Coles “The Patuxent Ghost Fleet”, Bailey held the title Fleet Engineer until 1935 when he was titled Fleet Manager.
The engine with shaft, bracket, and prop on display is stamped “3.” The museum also has an identical engine that is stamped “4.” |
RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2649
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 08:02 pm: |
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Thanks Dick for getting the information on this engine !
photos from Calvert show in Scotts post above.
Its intersesting that I attended the Calvert show
4 times and never saw this motor or the one the museum has ?
Its a very unique little engine the mounting base below the crakshaft level says that its a much older design than the 1920's or 30's, looks to be a hot head and the cast cooling fins are very unique. The waterpump is a design ive not seen before as is the timer assembly on the out put shaft with the wing nut to set the friction, the brass castings appear to be high quality, a real cool Old Marine Engine ! THANKS
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Ernie
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Username: ernie
Post Number: 1343
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 - 08:07 am: |
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It is usually on or near the exhibitor sign up table |
Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1345
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2011 - 11:46 am: |
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Pics posted for Dick Day
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Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 1346
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2011 - 11:53 am: |
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More From Dick Day
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RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2651
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 13, 2011 - 03:52 pm: |
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Dick
Thanks for these good photos and Ernie for posting.
Some very nice engines to look at!
I have a wolverine single and the detailed photos answered a technical question--- THANKS
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