General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST IRON/ STEEL/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

132.0 cm

Width

74.0 cm

Height

118.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Forestry

Category

Transportation

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RUSSEL HIPWELL

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Owen Sound

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1949-1987

Canada

THE RUSSEL COMPANY IS AN OLD CANADIAN COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURED MANY STEEL WORK BOATS, INCLUDING THE FIRST 'MAID OF THE MIST'& THE LOG BOOM BOAT SHOWN ON THE CANADIAN $1.00 BILL (SEE RUSSEL BOAT 900018).

Function

USED TO POWER LOG BOOM BOATS.

Technical

THE 'L' HEAD ENGINE WITH LARGE INSPECTION PANELS WAS EASY TO SERVICE. A SIMPLE FORWARD-REVERSE TRANSMISSION MADE THE BOAT MANOEUVRABLE & EASY TO HANDLE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING 'STEELCRAFT/ MODEL HD SER. NO. 54598/ RUSSEL-HIPWELL ENGINES/ LIMITED/ OWEN SOUND, ONT. CANADA'/ CAST LETTERING IN SEVERAL PLACES ON CASING READING 'RUSSEL/ OWEN SOUND'/ SAME PLATE ON TWO PARTS READING 'ANDERSON, IND./ Delco-Remy/ MODEL 110740L SERIAL 1M/ MADE IN U.S.A./ AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT' OR 'MODEL 1111535 SERIAL 2D14'/ PART PLATE READING 'FAIRBANKS-MORSE/ PAT. PAT. PEND./ TYPE PM' & STAMPED '4259627'/ PLATE FROM BOAT READING 'STEELCRAFT/ BUILT BY/ RUSSEL BROTHERS LIMITED/ OWEN SOUND ONT., CANADA/ BOAT NO. 837 LENGTH 26'0 BEAM 7'6 YEAR 1949'

Missing

SOME PARTS ARE NOT ORIGINAL, E.G. CARBURATOR.

Finish

ENGINE CASING PAINTED YELLOW ENAMEL/ RED,BLACK & GREY PAINTED PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

CAST 'Russel' WITH ELONGATED ARM OF 'R' RUNNING UNDER OTHER LETTERS.