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richarddurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 1823
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 08:43 pm: | 
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Was this Atkinson - Bower Marine Engine displayed at Mystic this year ?? anyone have good photos or information ??
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dick
Member
Username: dick
Post Number: 7
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 05:50 am: |
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Yes it was. What can I tell you about it? I will try to get more pictures (it is kind of buried) - anything in particular? There is an interesting article at http://users.eastlink.ca/~pspencer/nsaeta/victor.html. |
richarddurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 1824
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 11:19 am: |
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Dick
Thanks for the post, the article says it all. In my original list of marine engine mfgrs Atkinson was listed with the wrong spelling, and I didn't tie them to the Etherington Gas Engine Co. with the name change as late as 1946.
I understand the difficulty of getting to stored engines !
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ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 870
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 03:14 pm: |
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The article really explains why these engines look so much like Acadia engines. At Mystic my comment was wow the same only different.
Richard thanks for bringing it up and Dick thanks for the link
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bgoss
Advanced Member
Username: bgoss
Post Number: 43
Registered: 12-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, October 04, 2008 - 09:20 pm: |
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This appears to be the original flywheel on our Victor, but it is different than Dick's. Although these few maritime engine companies made very similar engines, by just looking into the boat you could generally tell which of the makers it was by the holes in the flywheel; hearts, circles or teardrops.
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richarddurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 1832
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 12:28 am: |
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That is an unmistakeable flywheel design- Thanks for photos - Good shot of the tag !
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