Outboard motor
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1998
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2006.0137.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Mercury Marine
- MODEL
- OptiMax 150 L OP
- LOCATION
- Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- OG740382
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- A black synthetic casing with metal propellers and metal support bracket with metal hardware; synthetic cables and switch.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 107.0 cm
- Width
- 107.0 cm
- Height
- 168.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Motive power
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Mercury
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Wisconsin
- City
- Fond du Lac
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1998-2006
- Canada
-
Type of outdoor motor sold and bought in Canada for pleasure boating. The OptiMax was the most popular among the new first generation of 2-stroke DFI outboards. Mercury Marine was no more manufacturing outboards in Canada since 1991. Mercury Marine has a lot of dealers in Canada. [see acquisition proposal for further details]. - Function
-
For boat propulsion, in this case, a 25' long pontoon boat, used for cruising and fishing. - Technical
-
Son importance technologique dans le développement des moteurs marins de petites embarcations telle qu'indentifiée dans notre rapport sur les moteurs les plus significantifs à acquérir. La technologie d'injection directe sauva le moteur hors-bord 2 temps d'une mort certaines. [see acqusition proposal for further information]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's sticker(front of outboard):"Maple City/[logo]/MARINE LTD, CHATHAM/150/V6[embossed]". Mfr's sticker(sides and back of outboard):"MERCURY/150/MERCURY OPTIMAX/ [bearded man image]. Mfr's etched on propeller:"48 78114A45 13P". Mfr's label on the inside of the mounting bracket of:[safety certification unable to read it, illegible]
- Missing
- Nothing is missing.
- Finish
- A black synthetic casing with metal propellers and metal support bracket with metal hardware; synthetic cables and switch.
- Decoration
- A decal, red and grey lignes contoured with black lines with a mans bearded head looking like the wind is blowing his hair back, which is on either side of the engine of the outboard motor.
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Mercury Marine, Outboard motor, circa 1998, Artifact no. 2006.0137, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2006.0137.001/
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