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bud_tierney
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Username: bud_tierney

Post Number: 36
Registered: 10-2009
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 12:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Emil Westman designed a number of 1 to multi cyl marine engines, built by Enterprise Machine Co, MInn, Minn, 1900??-1920??; some references refer to Emil as an employee, others imply he was the major force of the company.
There was also a line of "Heavy Duty Ditching, Dredging and Traction" engines, used in quite large tile laying ditchers/excavators for draining large areas of boggy or swampy land, etc.
A July 1911 ad referred to engines of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 cyl from 6 to 125HP, and that may not be "brake HP"; some ads and/or tech magazine mentions describe as vertical engines, implying no horiz types built, despite one ref to a 2 cyl 81/2 x 10.
A private company 1918 ad referred to 35HP and 50HP Westman OIL engines (the only oil ref I found), and another ad, with a pic of a 4cyl engine with a man standing alongside, if in correct perspective, indicates the engine would be about 5 feet high by 6-7 feet long...
Cursory Googling doesn't really turn up much more than snippets; does anyone here know of any decent writeup of Emil and/or his line of heavy engines?? Any comments appreciated!! Many thxx!! Bud
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richarddurgee
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Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 02:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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bud_tierney
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Post Number: 37
Registered: 10-2009
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 10:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Richard: Many thxx for your reply.
I had seen the posts here, either by search or finding them on Google, don't recall which.
The several Westman ads I found all said gasoline engines, so don't know if the Bay City for sale ad for the Oil engines was a mistake or not.
The few tech mentions I found referred to the industrial engines as developing power at low speed, but I didn't find anything on the larger marine engines.
It's interesting that the latest item I found, a writeup in a 1921 NZ paper re' swamp drainage work mentioned a new Bucyrus dredge with a 55HP Westman engine that would turn 4000 RPM and had electric start.
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billschaller
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Post Number: 560
Registered: 12-2003


Posted on Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 05:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I own three of them, and have very little info.









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