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Where was the first commercial engine built using Rudolf Diesel’s patents installed?
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Diesel engine equipped with a precombustion chamber.
The first commercial engine built using Rudolf Diesel’s patents was installed in St. Louis, Missouri.1
It was purchased by the brewer Adolphus Busch, who had previously seen a model of the diesel engine on display at an exposition in Munich and subsequently acquired a license to manufacture and sell the technology in the United States and Canada. This engine operated successfully for many years and served as the precursor to the Busch-Sulzer engine, which later powered numerous U.S. Navy submarines during World War I.1