Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Diesel Engine-manufactured by
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Beloit, Wisconsin |
10.5" Bore X 13" Stroke - Rated 25 Horse Power H.P. at 325 R.P.M.
Serial number 720301, year manufactured 1929
This “Beast” is a 2-cycle diesel engine. Engines of this type were mainly used in the oil industry,
mills, and manufacturing plants. This particular engine was used to operate a 15 K.W. electric
generator near Clear Lake, California in the area named Bartlett Springs. Ignition is the same
compression ignition used in all diesels, requiring a high pressure mechanical pump and an injector
nozzle placed in the combustion chamber. Engine speed is governed by an enclosed fly-ball governor
that varies the amount of injected fuel according to flywheel speed. The engine weighs approximately 7600 pounds; stands 63" tall, and has 60” x 7" flywheels. With the 10.5 x 13" bore & stroke, the displacement works out to 1125 cubic inches. Starting this engine requires both normal preparation and the use of a blow torch to preheat a "hot tube" in the head. With everything ready to go, the hot tube up to temperature, and a couple of manual injector squirts fuel the engine is ready to start. Rolling the flywheels backwards against compression forces the air/fuel mixture into the hot tube where it will ignite. This sets off the charge in the cylinder that spins the flywheels in the opposite direction with enough force to carry it through. the next charge cycle.
Diesel Engine-manufactured by
Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Beloit, Wisconsin |
10.5" Bore X 13" Stroke - Rated 25 Horse Power H.P. at 325 R.P.M.
Serial number 720301, year manufactured 1929
This “Beast” is a 2-cycle diesel engine. Engines of this type were mainly used in the oil industry,
mills, and manufacturing plants. This particular engine was used to operate a 15 K.W. electric
generator near Clear Lake, California in the area named Bartlett Springs. Ignition is the same
compression ignition used in all diesels, requiring a high pressure mechanical pump and an injector
nozzle placed in the combustion chamber. Engine speed is governed by an enclosed fly-ball governor
that varies the amount of injected fuel according to flywheel speed. The engine weighs approximately 7600 pounds; stands 63" tall, and has 60” x 7" flywheels. With the 10.5 x 13" bore & stroke, the displacement works out to 1125 cubic inches. Starting this engine requires both normal preparation and the use of a blow torch to preheat a "hot tube" in the head. With everything ready to go, the hot tube up to temperature, and a couple of manual injector squirts fuel the engine is ready to start. Rolling the flywheels backwards against compression forces the air/fuel mixture into the hot tube where it will ignite. This sets off the charge in the cylinder that spins the flywheels in the opposite direction with enough force to carry it through. the next charge cycle.
