Model of a Horizontal Mill Engine and Boiler, ca 1870
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Description
content: Although built and used as a boy's toy, this model accurately represents the typical factory and mill engine of the period. A small plunger feed pump drive by the engine supplies water the gas-fired boiler beneath the engine.
topic: label: Subject
content: Steam Engines
label: Subject
content: Model
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
label: Exhibition
content: Power Machinery
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. Aram K. Jerrehian, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.325908
label: catalog number
content: 325908
label: accession number
content: 258277
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Engine, Steam
label: Object Name
content: engine and boiler, steam, model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 29 in x 24 in x 12 1/2 in; 73.66 cm x 60.96 cm x 31.75 cm