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An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats, consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom. They are the most common motorised method of propelling small watercraft.
The site is located in rural Haywood County near the town of Stanton, about 40 miles (64 km) east of Memphis. It is accessible from Interstate 40 . [ 6 ] The state was initially expected to provide approximately $500 million worth of incentives that include infrastructure improvements, grants, and a new campus operated by the Tennessee College ...
1927 Johnson Seahorse outboard motor at the Tellus Science Museum. The original company that made Johnson inboard motors and outboard motors was the Johnson Brothers Motor Company of Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. They started building inboard 2-cycle marine engines in 1903 in a barn behind the house, along with matching boats.
The company's original brand, Malibu Boats, remains the company's premium brand. [14] In the early 1990s, Malibu adopted the practice of offering to fly purchasers of certain high-end custom boats to their factory headquarters, then located in Merced, "for a red carpet factory tour where they can see the special edition being built right before their eyes". [20]
It is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor North America, itself a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan. The plant was established in 2003 as part of Toyota's Bodine Aluminum division, which also operates a plant in Troy, Missouri. [3] In 2020, the company's name changed from Bodine Aluminum to Toyota Motor Manufacturing Tennessee. [4]
The outdrive unit of a boat with sterndrive. A sterndrive or inboard/outboard drive (I/O) is a form of marine propulsion which combines inboard power with outboard drive. The engine sits just forward of the transom while the drive unit (outdrive or drive leg) lies outside the hull.
In Tennessee, U.S. Route 412 (US 412) stretches for 181.93 miles (292.79 km) through the farmland of West Tennessee and the hills of Middle Tennessee, starting at the Missouri state line (on I-155 at the Mississippi River) near Dyersburg and running to an interchange between I-65 and SR 99 in Columbia. [1] [2]