✅ SOLVED What is it. Durkee Crescent?

[luke_00]

My grandma picked this up at he the Salvation Army. I don’t know what it is and can’t find much about the name. Any ideas. Thanks!

 

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[DCMatt]

It's an ignition coil for an early 20th C engine. Durkee Crescent made automotive and boating parts and accessories at that time.

Sometimes called a "buzz coil". Used in Model T Fords and with 'hit & miss' engines.

 

[luke_00]

Thanks! Makes sense, I was leaning that way but my Google searches were coming up empty. It's about a third larger than a ford coil, so that was throwing me off as well.

 

[desertexplorer]

It’s for a hit and miss spark plug engine. Used on upright Maytag engines, Fairbanks Morse or any of a hundred different stationary engines from the early 1900’s.

 

[Tony in SC]

That type buzz coil was used mainly on early hit & miss engines. In the 1920's reliable magnetos replaced the buzz coil.