Bassett-Lowke Toy Steam Engine
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This cast metal engine was based off of a Bassett-Lowke kit. The engine is a two valve steam engine with flywheel, all on a wooden base. The engine would run when hooked up to a boiler. Bassett-Lowke is a toy company in Northampton, England that was founded in 1899, and manufactured a variety of model boats, ships, trains, and engines until it went out of business in 1965.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Engineering Steam Toys and Models
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.329021
label: catalog number
content: 329021
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engine, steam
label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: model, steam engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gun metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Measurements
content: cylinder-from catalog card: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel-from catalog card: 6 in; x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: base-from catalog card: 14 in x 5 1/2 in; x 35.56 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 14 1/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 35.8775 cm x 14.605 cm