Ernst Plank Toy Steam Engine
Ernst Plank Toy Steam Engine
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- Description (Brief)
- This toy steam engine was manufactured by the Ernst Plank Company of Nuremburg, Germany during the early 20th century. There is a small metal plate on the toy’s wooden base that reads “Hercules,” possibly the model name of this engine. The toy has a pressed metal firebox below the boiler. The boiler powers a vertical slide valve engine shafted to a flywheel, with a flyball governor.
- Ernst Plank founded his company in Nuremburg, Germany in 1866. The company was well known for manufacturing a variety of metal toys like steam locomotives, stationary steam engines, early photography equipment, and magic lanterns until its dissolution in 1935.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- toy, steam engine and boiler
- steam engine and boiler, toy
- date made
- ca 1900
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- white metal (overall material)
- wood (base material)
- Measurements
- flywheel: 2 7/8 in; x 7.3025 cm
- boiler: 7 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm
- base: 10 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; x 27.305 cm x 12.065 cm
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 10 5/8 in x 5 in; 21.59 cm x 26.9875 cm x 12.7 cm
- ID Number
- MC.329007
- catalog number
- 329007
- 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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