Antique Marine Engine Expo at Mystic Seaport

Description

The transition from sail to engine power was a momentous event for the maritime industry – and the world. Experience it firsthand as collectors from around the country come together for the largest marine engine show in the country to show off full size and miniature 19th- and early 20th-century marine engines. Inboards, outboards and steam engines will be on display in the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. Additional engines dating from 1889 to 1963 and manufactured by Evinrude, Johnson, Herreshoff, Palmer and Kriebel will be exhibited in the North Boat Shed.

Weekend activities include a set and weigh anchor demonstration featuring a 1914 Economy Sparta Donkey engine aboard the L.A. Dunton; the firing of engines, including a D-90 Lathrop diesel engine from the 1940s, in the Shipyard and a 1917 Hercules engine demonstration in the Museum's Hoop Shop.