Weeden Toy Engine with Sawmill

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Toy, steam engine and boiler
Toy, steam engine and boiler
Description (Brief):

The Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts produced this toy engine with sawmill during the early 20th century. The toy consists of a black fire box below an upright brass boiler with sight glass and a vertical engine connected to a flywheel. The drive wheel is connected by a string to a pulley on the sawmill that moves a log carriage to simulate the sawmill’s operation.

Description (Brief)

The Weeden Manufacturing Company was founded in New Bedford, Massachusetts by William M. Weeden in the early 1880s, originally producing a variety of tinplate household items. In 1884 it introduced the Weeden No. 1 Steam engine as “a new and great premium for boys” who were subscribers to the Youth’s Companion magazine. Weeden made over a hundred different models of toy steam engines until the company ceased operations in 1952.

Date Made: early 20th century

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts

See more items in: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Family & Social Life, Engineering, Building, and Architecture, Engineering Steam Toys and Models

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Related Publication: Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection

Credit Line: Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MC.329062Catalog Number: 329062Accession Number: 278175

Object Name: toy, steam engine and boilersteam engine and boiler, sawmill, toy

Measurements: boiler-from catalog card: 10 in; 25.4 cmbase-from catalog card: 16 1/2 in x 10 in; x 41.91 cm x 25.4 cmoverall: 11 3/4 in x 16 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 29.845 cm x 41.91 cm x 24.765 cmoverall: 7 1/2 in x 14 in x 6 in; 19.05 cm x 35.56 cm x 15.24 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8f66-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_847042

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