Bolinder Marine Engine

[Michael Brocx]

I am rebuilding a 1931 north sea trawler that was originally fitted with a
two cylinder Bolinder. The variable pitch prop , shaft , pitch ajustment
gear , thrust bearing and cast iron bedplate were still in the hull when we
got it. The hull is 18 meters long , 6 meters wide and draws 3 meters. We
would like to identify which model Bolinder we are looking for and then find
one to fit to the engine beds.Can anyone help?

Michael Brocx
nord...@softhome.net

[David Mack]

"Michael Brocx" <nord...@softhome.net> wrote in message news:<3fe03137$0$1744$5a62...@freenews.iinet.net.au>...

Michael,

I assume you are referring to a Bolinder semi diesel, rather than the
later full diesel versions. There are a number of 9hp and 15 hp
singles in narrowboats, and I think a 30hp in the tug Worcester(?) at
the Boat Museum at Ellesmere Port.

The only twin cylinder Bolinder semidiesel I know of is in the
Waterways Museum at Stoke Bruerne. Originally fitted in a tug which
was acquired by the Grand Union Canal Company, the engine was
subsequently installed in the backpumping station at Knowle Locks. It
was run for the first time in years during the drought of 1976 and
could be heard from some considerable distance away. Such was the
success of the backpumping that the engine was replaced with an
electric motor and the engine ended up at Stoke Bruerne.

For more help you could try asking on uk.rec.waterways or
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list.

Also, some Bolinder manuals are available from
http://www.semidiesel.com which may help with identification.

Keep us posted on this project. I would love to hear more about it.
Where are you based?

David Mack

[Peter A Forbes]

On 18 Dec 2003 08:28:01 -0800, d.m...@sdgworld.net (David Mack) wrote:

>The only twin cylinder Bolinder semidiesel I know of is in the
>Waterways Museum at Stoke Bruerne.

>David Mack

There are the early 'large' singles and twins, then there was the later W series
engines which were much smaller but more efficient.

Pictures of the W engine we collected from Alicante last year are in the trip
reports, and some of the larger engines are shown in the marine diesels section
of our web pages.

There are a couple of guys who watch this newsgroup, one of whom has an early
engine, and his next door neighbour also had one. That may be out of date now
but was good info around the time we went to Spain.

Peter

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[Paul Evans]

Ruston & Hornsby were building the E series semidiesel including 80hp and 160hp twins under license from Bolinders about
that time.

Paul

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[Robert Holcomb]

I live in the u.s.a in the Puget sound area,I have 2 25 hp "w"singles
and a 20 hp "e" single. there seems to have been a dealer in astoria
oregon selling these up and down the coast i have a lead on another
one on the columbia river somewhere and there is a 15 or 20 "e" in
one of the california museums.. the w`s are badged ESKELTUNA and the
"E" is stockholm

http://robertholcomb.home.comcast.net/

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