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INTERNET LINKS - CATEGORIES OF INTEREST
Museums with marine engine collections or related information Clubs or Associations Personal Pages Boat building & repair Magazines Suppliers Miscellaneous	If you know of other links that offer material of interest to the antique marine engine collector, please advise us. I will endeavor to keep these links current and relevant.

Museums

The Adirondack Museum	Blue Mountain Lake, NY	Even though it is not a "maritime" museum it has one of the best displays of boat and boating to be found anywhere. Guideboats and canoes as well as early engine driven launches.
The Antique Boat Museum	Clayton, NY	Outstanding collection superbly displayed. Two big shows each year. Be sure to also visit the Boat House at Boldt Castle (skip the castle but not the boat house!).
Calvert Marine Museum	Solomons, MD	A small regional museum with a fairly large collection of marine engines.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum	St. Michaels, MD	Excellent display of marine engines in the STEAMBOAT BUILDING. Restored engines displayed in glass cases with an interesting assortment of period literature.
Columbia River Maritime Museum	Astoria, OR
Independence Seaport Museum	Philadelphia, PA	Large museum with a couple of interesting inboards on display. An early launch with a Naphtha engine as well as a single cylinder MECCO, made in Philadelphia.
The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum	Seattle, WA	Doesn't really meet the age criteria for an "old engine", but an interesting site.
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum	Ferrisburg, Vermont	An excellent regional museum with a few inboard engines including a 3HP Lozier in a Lozier launch.
Maine Maritime Museum	Bath, ME
Maine Watercraft Museum	Thomaston, ME
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Nova Scotia	Lunenburg, NS	A superb museum in an area rich with marine engines. Displays include Atlantic and Acadia (of course) as well as other early inboards and installations in Dorys and other craft. Well worth the visit.
NZ National Maritime Museum	Auckland, NZ	The NZ National Maritime Museum, in Auckland New Zealand operates PUKE (pronounced 'pook-ee'), NZ's oldest steam boat. The ELIZA HOBSON, a replica 1900's steam-powered water-taxi also operates out of the museum. The museum houses several steam-related exhibits
The Mariner's Museum	Newport News, VA	Largest International Maritime Museum in America. Home of the Chris-Craft archives. Very significant collection of early boats and engines. Website has robust searchable database. Designated by Congress as America's National Maritime Museum.
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia	British Columbia, Canada	They maintain a Vintage Vessel Registry as a broad database of vintage vessels which is constantly being appended and updated.
MIT Hart Nautical Collections, Massachusetts	Boston, MA	The repository for many significant collections of plans, photographs, and models.
Museum of Science and Industry	Chicago, IL
Museum P�rlb�ten	Sweden	The Museum P�rlb�ten is an nonprofit foundation with the purpose of showing and preserving the Swedish motorboat and boating culture.
Mystic Seaport	Mystic, CT	In my opinion, Mystic is the premier US maritime museum, offering exhibits and activities which appeal to families and scholars alike. They have a very large collection of early powered craft and engines (most of which are not on permanent display). They also make a significant effort to offer the contents of their collection accessible on-line (no small endeavor). Host of the best (and only?) marine engine show in the country in August. Here is a direct link to Mystic's Marine Engine information page.
New Hampshire Antique and Classic Boat Museum	Weirs Beach, NH
North Carolina Maritime Museum	Beaufort, NC	Quality museum and web site.
Owls Head Transportation Museum	Owls Head, ME	Automotive, aircraft, and boating. Considerable number of early boats and engines. They host shows and transportation events.
Peabody Essex Museum	Salem, MA	Extensive library.
Penobscot Maritime Museum, Maine	Searsport, ME
San Francisco Maritime Museum	San Francisco, CA	Hicks engine on running display as well as two "Monterey" fishing boats with Hicks engines.
Shelburne Museum, Vermont	Shelburne, Vermont	A huge museum of Americana including trains, boats, carriages, and tools. Home of the Ticonderoga, a side paddlewheel passenger steamer with a vertical beam engine.
Smithsonian Institution - Museum of American History	Washington, DC	Extensive collection of early technology including marine engines.
South Street Seaport, New York	New York, NY
The Sund Fisheries Museum	Norway	Part of the Norwegian Fisher ies Museum web site with very interesting text on the first engines to come to the fishing fleets. Has some info on the Bolinder engine.

Clubs or Associations top of page

The Antique and Classic Boat Society
The Antique Outboard Motor Club
Century Boat Club		Dedicated to antique and Classic Century Boats. Our site has over 250 photo an around 50 separate pages to view.
Classic Yacht Association		The Classic Yacht Association is an organization of collectors, restorers and skippers of classic power yachts and boats (1942 and earlier).
Heritage Boat Club	Lake Michigan	A group of boaters who love heritage boats and spend their time restoring, maintaining, and enjoying them. Most of our members live in and around Chicago and the southern end of Lake Michigan.
Italian Engine Modeler	Italy	This site is in Italian, but it shows an amazing group of model internal combustion engines including some early marine engines. Worth a look!
James Kolanowski's Fairbanks Morse History page		A chronology of the development of Fairbanks Morse engines. Locomotive as well as marine.
Matthews Boat Owners Association		With a history of the Matthews Boat Company
Nautical Research Guild		Primarily for ship modelers but excellent research data.
Richardson Boats		This site is dedicated to present, past and future owners of these fine watercraft and anyone who has ever had the pleasure of working on one.
Thompson Dockside		Dedicated to the preservation of Thompson, Cruisers Inc. and T & T boats.

Personal Pages top of page

Alleman Home Page	Louisiana	Various engines and Cajun Putt-Putts from the Lafayette, Louisiana, Wooden Boat Festival. Also Coolspring Show with some marine engines.
Classic & Antique Boats by John Hilton	Lake George, NY	Information and photos on various classic boats including a very interesting history on the Fay & Bowen Engine Company.
Cooil Shellagh Engine Collection	Isle of Man, UK	A small working farm with a large collection of vintage diesel engines and old plant and machinery.
Old Iron of the Kinney Family		Extensive information and photos on the Clarke Gas Engine Co. of Evansville, Indiana.
Halfco's Workshop		Bob and Lori Holcomb's page. Frisbie and Frisco Standard, including a sound track.
Ernie's Antique Engine		Ernie Darrow's amazing collection of early marine inboards: Gray, Kingfisher, Sterling, Buffalo, etc. Be sure to click the "next" at the bottom right of the first page to see the collection.
Ad Langelaar's Brons Engine Info	Waverveen, Holland	Personal site with extensive information on the Brons Diesel Engine from Appingedam, Holland.
Mullins Steel Boats		David Dufresne's site devoted to Mullins Steel Boats. Some excellent photos and reproduction of Mullins ads. The catalog copy he has describes the boats being sold with Ferro engines. Mullins (later?) marketed a Mullins engine.
New Zealand Steam Scene	Auckland, New Zealand	I know it is steam... but Russell says he has a 14' boat with a 4hp Stuart in it and will be including some information on "loud noise makers too..."
Speedboat Classics		A nice site with biographical information on Gar Wood, Chris Smith, and Kate Smith, as well as photos and information on early speedboats.
Tug ISLAY	Wisconsin	A wonderful page with photos and the story of the restoration of the Tug ISLAY and it's Kahlenberg engine.
Woodies on the Web		Chris-Craft and other mahogany runabouts. Chris-Craft and Chrysler engine specifications. And a Fay & Bowen company history.

Boat building & repair top of page

Beckmann Boatshop Limited	Slocum, RI	Builds hulls and outfits with steam or electric. Some models are also suitable for inboard internal combustion.
Crocker's Boat Yard, Inc.	Manchester by the Sea, MA	Building Sam Crocker's designed boats for over 50 years. Also does restoration.
Electric Launch Company	Highland, NY	Builds and restores and outfits with electric power. Some models are also suitable for inboard internal combustion
Gator Wooden Boat Plans	Columbia, SC	We supply the novice and experienced wooden boat builder with the most straightforward, comprehensive and reasonably priced illustrated wooden boat plans available.
Kevin Martin Wooden Boats and Canoes	Epping, NH	Kevin is restoring a 20' EM White with a 2 cylinder Thrall motor, and has done a 20' Brooks launch last year.
Victory Boat Company	Fair Haven, NY	Wooden boat construction and repair.

Magazines top of page

Gas Engine Magazine	Topeka, Kansas	The premier North American magazine for the farm and stationary engine hobby. Contains occasional marine engine articles and classified. Has "engine show" listings and sells a directory of nationwide engine shows. Twelve issues.
Marine Mechanic Trade Journal
Stationary Engine Magazine	Kent, England	Until late 1999 the publisher, Kelsey Publishing Limited, also published a magazine called Marine Engines. They ceased publishing it due to insufficient subscriptions (what does that say about our hobby?). Instead they will "include a small three page marine engine section in Stationary Engine each month. Twelve issues per year.
Strictly I.C. Magazine		Miniature Engine Design and Construction, a high quality publication with articles of interest to the model and full size engine enthusiast.
WoodenBoat Magazine		Those who feel that wooden boats go hand in hand with old marine engines should not miss a single issue.

Suppliers top of page

A & A Marine Manufacturing	Manistee, Michigan	A & A Marine Manufacturing - marine replacement hardware and original upholstery kits for Century Boat enthusiasts.
Antique Boat Connection	Cincinnati, Ohio	Antique and Classic boats for sale, as well as a large catalog of restoration supplies.
Atomic Four Engine Service	Vancouver, Canada	Universal and Atomic Four engines and service. Also a history of the Universal Motor Company and good maintenance and technical articles.
Boat Propellers 1/2 Price	Chesterfield, MI	Online ordering of all types of boat propellers, new and reconditioned.
Devereux Books	Marblehead, MA	Stan Grayson's publishing company of quality books. "We strive to offer books that are unique in concept. Each title we publish speaks to the interests of the independent, involved, active people who care deeply about history, technology, small working and commercial craft, and the wisdom of past generations." Home of OLD MARINE ENGINES, and ENGINES AFLOAT.
Essentials & Sundries	Mathis Texas	Chuck Balyeat's page of essential material for the antique engine hobby. Gasket material, batteries, grease, tools, JB Weld, brass shim stock, etc. A great source!
Lock-N-Stitch Inc.	Turlock, CA	Manufacturer of the tooling for the Lock-N-Stitch method of repairing cracks in cast iron. I have used it with great success. The web site is marginal, but the product and the printed catalog are excellent.
Luneburg Foundry and Engineering Limited	Lunenburg, Nova Scotia	The only know current builder of early style marine inboards. Two cycle, make'n'break or jump spark, Atlantic marine engines. As far as I know they have not built an engine for the last few years, but do have the capability to do so.
Otto Gas Engine Works	Elkton, MD	Supplier of piston rings of ALL sizes, from 3/4" to 86" ! They also sponsor an engine show in September.
Shepherd Boat Parts	Lindsay, ON	Dedicated to the restoration and preservation of Shepherd Boats. A good site for information and parts to restore Shepherd boats.
Superior Tools		Engine system pressure testing tools.

Miscellaneous top of page

Ed's Boxcar	Raynham, MA	A neat model railroad site with lots of good info.
FiberGlassics		A little after our period but a nice site anyway. "attempt to preserve the original fiberglass hull designs from the 50's & 60's, plus capture the spirit of a time that has since past.."
Krem Enterprises	Meadville, PA	"antique or vintage automobile, airplane, train, tractor, machine, or marine restoration project.... provide a wide range of manufacturing, testing, design, and engineering services."
MarineMechanic		Interesting site, judge for yourself.
	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Boating information including a Bulletin Board, Onsite and Offsite Searching, Local Information, information on boats, yachts, financing, insurance, marinas and boatyards, and ships stores.
Maritime History Virtual Archives
Marshall Machine & Engineering Wrks.	Lopez Island, in the San Juan Archipelago	A great site with Atlas Imperial engine information as well as metal casting books and information.
Port Carling Boats	Muskoka	The Muskoka district is renowned for their fine antique Mahogany Launches. Minett-Shields, Disappearing Propeller Boats, Ditchburn, and the Port Carling Seabird, are among some of the finest boats built in the Muskoka area. This site is dedicated to preserving the heritage of Muskoka and these fine boats.
The Voyage of the DETROIT		A summary, with photos, of the epic voyage of the first gasoline powered motor vessel to cross the Atlantic, by renowned author and yachtsman Thomas Fleming Day.