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Antique Engine Database
Standard Motor Construction Co.
By 1910 “Standard” marine engines were available in several sizes, including this big 100 horsepower six cylinder engines. standard apparently specialized in marine engines from the outset, giving particular attention to high speed marine racing engines. This particular model carried cylinders with an 8 inch bore and 10 inch stroke. At its rated speed of 600 RPM, it could attain speeds in excess of 30 MPH using a 36 inch propeller, which was a fair amount of movement on water in 1910. Watching this big engine go through its paces surely must have mesmerized even the most apatheitc observer.
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Although Standard was a sizable company, information is hard to find. Part of the reason is that large, heavy-duty marine engines of 1918 were indeed a specialty. By 1925 Standard was building diesel marine engines, and by 1930 or earlier, was building diesels exclusively. A 1937 tabulation shows that Standard was then offering some fifteen different models, ranging from 30 to 500 horsepower.
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