Acadia engine in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador

A 4hp Acadia engine sits in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador. Note the piece of wood in the flywheel - most fishermen removed the brass pin that came with the engines for starting them. They had a history of the spring breaking so that the pin would not retract upon starting. This...

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Main Author: Carey, Joelle
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Objects
Boats
Motorboats
Motors
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1357
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_crafts/1357 2023-12-31T10:10:43+01:00 Acadia engine in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador Carey, Joelle Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador - Winterton Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador - Winterton 2012-07-10 image/jpeg http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1357 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Knowledge and Skills to Produce Traditional Crafts http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1357 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Objects Boats Motorboats Motors Still Image Photograph 2012 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z A 4hp Acadia engine sits in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador. Note the piece of wood in the flywheel - most fishermen removed the brass pin that came with the engines for starting them. They had a history of the spring breaking so that the pin would not retract upon starting. This brass pin caused many men to break hands, arms, or, in some cases, legs. Still Image Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic Objects
Boats
Motorboats
Motors
spellingShingle Objects
Boats
Motorboats
Motors
Carey, Joelle
Acadia engine in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador
topic_facet Objects
Boats
Motorboats
Motors
description A 4hp Acadia engine sits in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador. Note the piece of wood in the flywheel - most fishermen removed the brass pin that came with the engines for starting them. They had a history of the spring breaking so that the pin would not retract upon starting. This brass pin caused many men to break hands, arms, or, in some cases, legs.
format Still Image
author Carey, Joelle
author_facet Carey, Joelle
author_sort Carey, Joelle
title Acadia engine in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador
title_short Acadia engine in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador
title_full Acadia engine in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador
title_fullStr Acadia engine in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador
title_full_unstemmed Acadia engine in the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador
title_sort acadia engine in the wooden boat museum of newfoundland and labrador
publishDate 2012
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1357
op_coverage Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador - Winterton
Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador - Winterton
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory
op_relation Intangible Cultural Heritage - Knowledge and Skills to Produce Traditional Crafts
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