Weeden "Favorite" Toy Steam Engine
Weeden "Favorite" Toy Steam Engine
- Description (Brief)
- The Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, manufactured the Weeden “Favorite” engine from around 1880 until the middle of the 1890s. The vertical boiler powers a vertical engine, with built-in fuel tank for a self-contained burner. The “Favorite” engine was sold alone or with attachments like a force pump or pile driver.
- 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
- tin (overall material)
- white metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall - from catalog card: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm
- flywheel - from catalog card: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm
- overall: 6 in x 2 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 6.6675 cm x 12.065 cm
- ID Number
- MC.328955
- catalog number
- 328955
- accession number
- 278175
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Family & Social Life
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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