COLUMBUS
This 10 hp engine was built in Columbus, Ohio
circa 1904 and, by its serial number, it was the 132nd 10 hp
engine made. It
powered a cider mill in Vermont
until the mid-1980s
and was brought to the museum in 1992.
Its most interesting feature in that the governor actually stops
the cam cluster holding the exhaust valve open and disabling the intake
valve and ignitor.
WHITE AND MIDDLETON
This very early engine was built in Baltimore, MD, on October 25, 1893.
It is 10 hp. It was used on a farm in Shelby, Indiana and brought
here in 1992. Early features
include uncooled head and hot tube ignition.
It is a well finished engine that displays the beautiful lines of
the Eastern Seaboard makers.
Note the crisp horizontal and vertical arrangement.
OLDS
This is a very early “gearless” Olds of the 12 hp size.
It is circa early 1890s. It
was made in Lansing, Michigan by Ransom E. Olds whose name became
famous for the Olds cars and REO trucks.
It arrived here in 1992 and no prior history is known.
Its most interesting feature is the pendulum governor and ratchet
wheel valve mechanism that replaced timing gears.
CROSSLEY
This 13 hp engine was built by Crossley Bros. of Manchester, England
about 1920. It was used in
Garrett’s Green College in Birmingham, England until 1982.
It is fitted with attachments to teach thermodynamics by
measuring cylinder pressure and piston speed.
It ws donated to CPM in 2000.