Antique Marine Engine Expo At duPont Shipyard

Lathrop gauges at Mystic Seaport's boatyard and mill area.Collectors from around the nation come together for the largest marine engine show in the country to show off full size and miniature 19th- and early 20th-century marine engines. Inboards, outboards and steam engines during the Antique Marine Engine Exposition on Saturday, Aug. 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 22, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard inside Mystic Seaport.

Additional engines dating from 1889 to 1963 and manufactured by Evinrude, Johnson, Herreshoff, Palmer and Kriebel will be exhibited in the North Boat Shed.

Weekend activities include a set and weigh anchor demonstration featuring a 1914 Economy Sparta Donkey engine aboard the L.A. Dunton; the firing of engines, including a D-90 Lathrop diesel engine from the 1940s in the shipyard, and a 1917 Hercules engine demonstration in the museum’s Hoop Shop.

Visit www.mysticseaport.org for additional information.