The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has assigned its “historic engineering landmark” designation to an engine Pratt & Whitney first designed in the 1920s.

The ASME said it’s recognizing the R-1340 Wasp A engine’s historic technical significance in engineering and aviation.

The Wasp engine joins nearly 260 ASME landmarks around the world, only nine of them in Connecticut. That includes the Wright Flyer III in Dayton, Ohio, and the Hamilton Standard Hydromatic Propeller in Windsor Locks, CT.

The engine was the first engine designed and built by Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company, after its founding in 1925. The 1,340 cubic-inch radial air-cooled engine spawned a family of engines, including the Twin Wasp, Wasp Junior, Double Wasp and Wasp Major.

R-1340 Wasp engine
The R-1340 Wasp engine was built to be dependable. More than 90 years later, the engine that helped build Pratt & Whitney, and changed the aviation industry, is being named a national historic engineering landmark by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.read more: 

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Pratt & Whitney’s first engine gets historic designation

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