Weeden Toy Steam Engine
Weeden Toy Steam Engine
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- Description (Brief)
- This toy steam engine was manufactured by the Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts from around 1884 until the 1940s. The first six Weeden toy steam engine models were all very similar in style, and this model of engine is likely either Weeden No. 1, 2, or 3. The vertical toy steam engine consists of a firebox, boiler, and slide valve engine attached to a wheel. The firebox has been repainted yellow and the boiler has been repainted black.
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- toy, steam engine and boiler
- date made
- late 19th century
- Physical Description
- brass (vertical boiler material)
- cast white metal (engine material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in; 19.685 cm x 10.4775 cm
- overall: 8 in x 4 1/8 in; 20.32 cm x 10.4775 cm
- ID Number
- MC.328943
- catalog number
- 328943
- accession number
- 278175
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Family & Social Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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