Can you ID these 1 cylinder diesel generators? (Hammond Homestead, Alaska)

[Katahdin]

Pictured is former Alaska First Lady Bella Hammond checking the oil on one of the generators at their cabin/homestead on Lake Clark, Alaska. This homestead is in the registry of Historic Places.

I've been reading Dick Proenneke's journals, and in 1978, then governor Jay Hammond picked him up in a float plane to have him change the head gasket on one of their Lister generators. Dick was a famous cabin builder/naturalist/equipment mechanic who retired to Twin Lakes Alaska, there are several videos and books in his name.

This generator doesn't look like a Lister to me, can anyone confirm what it is? Looks like there is a spare for maintenance/redundancy barely visible on the right side of the photo. I say they are one cylinder because I only see one injector line and valve cover.

 

[ponytug]

It doesn't look like any Lister engine that I have seen. The air cooling looks very German to me, e.g. Deutz F1L511.

I'm not sure what that one is, but it looks similar to a diesel Knurdz Kirsch generator. Here are some photos of a two cylinder F2L511 variant;

Pictures of Knurz Kirsch Trier-Biewer | Vester Strødam Engine Collection

Picture gallery for the Knurz Kirsch Trier-Biewer in the Generators, pumps etc. category

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Fun photo!

All the best,

Peter

 

[ptsg]

Definitely a single cylinder Deutz engine.

Lister engines, while air cooled as well, are a very different setup.