Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: Early 20th Century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This walking beam engine model was manufactured by Stuart Models of Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom during the early 20th century. The model is a Watts “walking beam” that powers a flywheel. The engine can run when hooked up to a power source such as a boiler or compressed air.
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.329029
label: catalog number
content: 329029
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engine, steam
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (plate material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in x 6 5/8 in; 29.21 cm x 36.83 cm x 16.8275 cm