Standard Motor Construction Company marine engine.
Manufactured for a WW1 submarine chaser. This particular engine is in the Coolspring Power Museum in Coolspring, PA. This auxiliary engine features a compressor for an air supply produced by the middle cylinder, a generator, and a water pump just visible in the lower left of the beginning of the video. It's disengaged for the video, but operates. Spectacular little engine!
About Standard Motor Company
The Standard Motor Company Limited was a motor vehicle manufacturer, founded in Coventry, England, in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay. For many years, it manufactured Ferguson TE20 tractors powered by its Vanguard engine. All Standard's tractor assets were sold to Massey Ferguson in 1959. Standard purchased Triumph in 1945 and, in 1959, officially changed its name to Standard-Triumph International and began to put the Triumph brand name on all its products. A new subsidiary, The Standard Motor ...
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