Toy Steam Engine and Windmill
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This steam engine toy was manufactured by an unknown maker during the early 20th century. The toy consists of a horizontal boiler that powers an engine and flywheel. A string attaches the toy windmill to the drive shaft of the engine that allowed the windmill’s blades to turn.
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.329061
label: catalog number
content: 329061
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: windmill
label: Object Name
content: windmill, toy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, string (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 11 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 28.575 cm x 8.255 cm