Märklin Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Märklin Company produced this toy steam engine during the early 20th century. The toy consists of a simulated brick fire box and chimney stack and a horizontal boiler with steam whistle, safety valve, pressure gauge, and throttle. The steam line runs to a horizontal slide valve engine that powers a flywheel. The flywheel is connected to an electric generator that was a later addition to the toy.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Märklin Company was established in 1859 in the town of Göppingen, Germany by tin smith Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin. Märklin began his business with the production of tin doll houses, but the company soon began producing a variety of tinplate and metal items, eventually specializing in toys that included steam engines such as this one.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Göppingen
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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.329060
label: catalog number
content: 329060
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, engine boiler & generator
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 3 1/2 in; x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: boiler - from catalog card: 7 1/2 in x 3 in; x 19.05 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: base - from catalog card: 12 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in; x 31.75 cm x 31.75 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/8 in x 12 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 40.9575 cm x 32.385 cm x 31.75 cm