Miniature Steam Engine, ca 1880
date: label: date made
content: ca 1886
notes: label: Description
content: This is a miniature operational model of a simple box-bed engine. Box-bed engines were also known as mill engines and were common sources of power for facilities such as cotton mills. It measures just 1 1/8 inch in length. It was donated to the museum in 1961 by J.C. McDowell, son of the maker of the tiny model.
topic: label: Subject
content: Model
label: Subject
content: Steam Engines
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
label: Exhibition
content: Power Machinery
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. C. McDowell, Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.319415
label: catalog number
content: 319415
label: accession number
content: 237077
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Engine, Steam
label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, minature
label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, miniature
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 9/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 1.42875 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel: 1 1/8 in; x 2.8575 cm