Model of a Bottle-Frame Steam Engine
notes: label: Description
content: This is a model of a bottle-frame vertical steam engine. Its date of manufacture is unknown, but similar designs were in use ca 1880. In the image of the model the bottle-frame is shown at the lower right. Atop the frame is the steam cylinder which is blue. Mounted on its left side is the steam valve with inlet and exhaust ports. The valve is operated by the two pushrods extending down to the eccentric gear on the shaft. The flywheel is seen to the left of the image. The second image shows the interior of the frame with the piston rod extending downwards from the cylinder to the connecting rod which turns the crank on the shaft.
label: Description
content: Before the widespread use of electric motors, small high-speed steam engines were common for general light duty. Simple and dependable, such engines were cheap to build and easy to operate and maintain. They could be connected directly to pumps, generators, blowers and other machinery.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri
topic: label: Subject
content: Model
label: Subject
content: Steam Engines
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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 Robert E. M. Bain, St. Louis, Missouri
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.309685
label: catalog number
content: 309685
label: accession number
content: 107769
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Engine, Steam
label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 8 in x 3 5/8 in; 21.59 cm x 20.32 cm x 9.2075 cm