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Brett Eldridge
New member
Username: beldridg
Post Number: 1
Registered: 02-2021
| | Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 10:42 am: | 
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Hi,
I'm an avid diver in Southern California and I'm trying to identify a wreck. We think we know what it is, but it would help to have a positive ID on the engine type. Can anybody help identify this engine? I can post more pictures from different angles if needed.
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miro forest
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 1121
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 12:39 pm: |
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Could be a Union - initially I thought a Palmer, but valve gear not quite the same as Palmer's |
Brett Eldridge
New member
Username: beldridg
Post Number: 2
Registered: 02-2021
| | Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 05:33 pm: |
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I don't want to prejudice the jury (i.e., the experts in this forum). 
We believe that this was a fishing boat built in the early 1900s in the San Pedro, CA area.
Our belief is that it is either a Atlas-Imperial or a Standard engine. It seems like there was an East Coast "Standard" engine company and a West Coast "Standard" engine company (that built a "Frisco Standard" engine).
- brett |
George Coates III
Advanced Member
Username: giii
Post Number: 41
Registered: 04-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2021 - 12:25 pm: |
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Before I chance a guess I will require some idea of scale, is the flywheel 1 foot or three feet across.
Old George |
Brett Eldridge
New member
Username: beldridg
Post Number: 3
Registered: 02-2021
| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2021 - 10:33 am: |
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In the picture of the flywheel, there is a fish. Those fish are usually 6-9" long so I would guess the diameter of the flywheel to be 12-18".
I'm hoping to get another dive on the wreck in the next few weeks to make an actual measurement.
I have a ton of other pictures if you need more.
Thanks! |
Brett Eldridge
Member
Username: beldridg
Post Number: 4
Registered: 02-2021
| | Posted on Friday, February 26, 2021 - 10:13 am: |
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Quick update: I took a quick measurement of the flywheel. It is about 42 inches in diameter. I was alone and so making an accurate measurement isnt' easy (nobody to hold the other side). |
George Coates III
Advanced Member
Username: giii
Post Number: 42
Registered: 04-2010
| | Posted on Friday, February 26, 2021 - 05:59 pm: |
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A 42 inch flywheel and 3 pushrods per cylinder, and what looks to be 4 cylinders, I'll bet Atlas Imperial Diesel about 60 to 80 horsepower. Should tip the scales around 10-12 thousand pounds if all there with reverse gear. |
