BACKUS
This 3 hp engine, circa 1898, was built by the Backus Water Motor Co. of
Newark, NJ. It features the
crisp “eastern seaboard” lines and a pendulum governor.
It was used to drive a generator on a large estate in the
Catskill Mountains of New York.
It was removed in 1980 and came here about 10 years ago.
STAR
This beautiful engine is a 5 hp model that is circa 1904.
It operated a small machine shop in New Jersey and was removed in
1974. It came to the museum
in the early 2000s. This
engine, along with the White & Middleton and Backus, shows the crisp
vertical and horizontal lines of the eastern seaboard makers.
It runs hit and miss with a vertical governor
BUFFALO MARINE
This diminutive engine was built in Buffalo, New York, about 1900 for
marine use. It is a 2 hp
model of four-cycle design and twin cylinders.
The large lever across the top would have varied the pitch of the
propeller to provide a forward, stop, and reverse without stopping the
engine. The vertical shaft
to the right drives an overhead shaft to power the ignitors.
It is well finished and features much brass work.
It was purchased in Maine in 1971 where it powered a boat.
FOOS
This 7 hp model was built in 1904.
It is typical of the type S (or standard) Foos design of that
time. It spent its working
life in a small mill in New England and came here in 1992.
The type S Foos was a very practical and durable engine that was
well finished and had a disc crankshaft.
It was built in Springfield, Ohio.