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richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2622
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:44 am: | 
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jb_castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 580
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 09:04 pm: |
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Richard, who made the marine engine? Are any known to exist? The vertical farm engine was made by Cavenaugh & Darley. I repaired one for a friend, took it to the Coolspring show, it drew a lot of attention. Someone told me there were four known to exist before this one showed up, they figured it to be pre 1905. It's hard to believe Montgomery Ward sold them for all these years and more aren't around. |
richarddurgee
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Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 2626
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 10:49 pm: |
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The marine engine was made by Walter Dunn in Ogsdeburg, New York, Dunn 4 cycle marine engines were mfgd from 1902 until 1927 and there are several of them known in collections, I have what I think is the oldest Dunn single to exist and also an early twin, Montgomery Ward rebadged the eng with their tradename "Admiral" I have never seen an Admiral tagged engine or have any photos of one and as far as my research goes it seems to be the only company that sold Dunn engs other than The Dunn Motor Works !
Ogsdenburg Is a quaint old town on the St Lawrence river at the north end of the Thousand Island chain, if you teed up a golf ball and drove it west across the river it would come close to Brockville, Ontario where The St Lawrence engines were made. I first visited Ogsdenburg in the summer of 1955 went back in late 70's and last visit in 1982, was really surprised to drive down a quiet back street and find the Fredrick Remington Art Museum.Remington known for his western American & Indian art was brought up in Ogsdenburg and a wealthy woman who knew him then made this beautiful museum with oustanding pieces of his art on display. A beautiful little waterfront town in the summer and a very cold and snowy place in winter !
The Rarity of the Cavenaugh & Darley (little Giant} asks a question that I have asked many times why did some engs seem to disappear yet others have remained ? some of the old eng ads and articles allude to the fact that they mfgd hundreds and some even claim thousands yet so far none or extremly few exist ?? In my data base of well over 1800 mfgs names it is eye opening to discover that hunreds of marine engine companies
have been lost in history and none of their engines exist, a few (less than a hundred) unknown engs will fill in a few mfgrs name one day but many are lost to the past.
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billschaller
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Username: billschaller
Post Number: 420
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 11:03 pm: |
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I went and got a better copy of the original adv.
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