![]() At a full load, the engine used about 0.30 gallons of fuel per hour and could run about 18 hours on a tank of fuel. It used a Bosch APF single-plunger pump with a 6mm diameter plunger and with the 10mm stroke, delivered 60 cu-mm of fuel. The engine weighs about 900 pounds and the generator set is 1,350 without a radiator. The cast iron base serves as the fuel tank and holds 5.5 gallons of fuel. Internal lubrication is via splash and Timken tapered roller bearings support the crankshaft. The horizontal engines of this era had open, roller-tip rocker arms which require occasional manual lubrication. Rated at 5 hp at 850 rpm, it displaces 85 ci from a 4.25-inch bore and 6-inch stroke. Doug Swisher’s horizontal Dieselectric is an early one, built in 1937. This continued at an increased pace and the company became known nationally as the Witte Engine Works. At the time Edward took over from August, he had a gas engine prototype running and by 1894, the company had begun manufacturing gasoline engines. ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR USES FOR SMALL STATIONARY ENGINES WAS AS RURAL ELECTRIC PLANTS ON FARMS, NON-ELECTRIFIED BUSINESSES AND HOMES.Įdward Witte (1869-1958) had studied steam engine technology and the new-fangled internal combustion engine. ![]() ![]() He is reported to have gone East to study more before coming back in time to take over the business from his retiring father in 1886. Son Edward Witte, who had emigrated with his parents as a toddler, was apprenticed in the factory to learn the various skills from the bottom up. It was a small establishment at first but grew quickly due to Witte’s German work ethic and experience in metalworking. The origins of the Missouri based company start in 1870, when August Witte emigrated from Germany and set up the Witte Iron Works in Kansas City, Missouri. ![]() Witte, pronounced “Witty,” is a storied name, in both the diesel and gas engine realms. ![]()
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