Outboard Motor

Description

Description

Waterman 1 horsepower outboard motor, a 1909 design, made in the United States. This very early outboard engine has a cast iron cylinder and water jacket, aluminium crank case, with exposed bevel gears drive to the propeller shaft. Starting handle fits on the top of the vertical drive shaft. The engine has a sand cast aluminium two stroke carburettor and a aluminium and steel tube lower leg.

Accession number

2015.13.1

Museum System ID

2364

Collection type

Objects

Classification

Outboard Motor
Engine, Watercraft

Maker and role

Waterman Steamship Corporation (estab. 1906, closed 1924): Manufacturer

Media/Materials

Cast aluminium: 0 – Whole
Steel: 0 – Whole
Plastic: Hose, shaft

Measurement details

3D objects (HxWxD): H 8900 x W 2700 x D 4500mm