Märklin No. 5 Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Märklin No. 5 toy steam engine was built by the Märklin Manufacturing Company of Göppingen, Germany during the early 20th century. This toy steam engine consists of an externally fired horizontal brass boiler on top of a simulated brick firebox and chimney. The horizontal slide valve cylinder engine drives a flywheel with slip-eccentric reversing gear. The boiler and engine are mounted on a tinplate base.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. August Mencken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.322911
label: catalog number
content: 322911
label: accession number
content: 220719
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tinplate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/4 in x 10 7/8 in x 10 7/8 in; 36.195 cm x 27.6225 cm x 27.6225 cm