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The engine sizes range from 9.9 horsepower (7.4 kW) to 50 horsepower (37 kW) with speeds from 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) to 90 miles per hour (140 km/h). In the C Stock Class, the Yamato Motor Company engines used in Kyōtei boat racing (with parimutuel betting ) in Japan, are reconditioned, shipped to the United States and used for racing in ...
Typical US municipal steam water-pumping engine of the late 19th century and early 20th century. 1913 Erie: Pennsylvania United States No ASME brochure available 60: 1981 Holt Caterpillar Tractor. Earliest track-type gasoline-powered tractor, influencing designs worldwide. 1918 Stockton: California United States No ASME brochure available 61: 1981
The Squire Shop, in the late 1970s, became a competitive boat in the unlimited fleet against the likes of the Budweisers, Atlas, and Pay N Pak. It had a young, successful driver in Chip Hanauer.
Muncey's first attempt to drive in an American Power Boat Association (APBA) Gold Cup event began by blowing up the engine. Muncey went to Gar Wood’s riverfront mansion, and asked Wood for help. Muncey got an engine from Wood, but the bottom of the boat fell out during the next race. Muncey had his first win at the Gold Cup in 1956 in Miss ...
The list of modern world champions extended into the 1980s, when the sport entered the catamaran, and then the 'superboat' era – the 1000 cubic inch total engine displacement restrictions were lifted for boats over 45 feet (14 m) in length, and soon three- and four-engine boats sporting F16 fighter canopies replaced the venerable 35-to-40 ...
The Antique Boat Museum is a located in the 1000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River, in Clayton, New York, United States. The Antique Boat Museum is the premier freshwater boating museum in North America. The ABM's collections hold over 320 unique boats [1] and thousands of related artifacts and archives. The 4.5-acre campus comes alive with ...
Workers milling logs in the steam-powered sawmill, during the Great Oregon Steam-Up of 2006. The signature event at Powerland Heritage Park is the Great Oregon Steam-Up, an event held each year during mid-summer (end of July and beginning of August) when many of the exhibits, normally displayed in a non-operational state, are fired up and shown running.
The museum is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and is housed in a 135,000 sq ft (12,500 m 2) facility. The museum has been in operation since 1992, and was established by Speedway Motors founder "Speedy" Bill Smith and his wife Joyce Smith, as a repository for a collection of automobilia amassed over 60 years.