Model of Railroad Sail Car
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a model of a rail sail car. The car is shown with several tools; shovel, ax, hammer, coal, wood, and oil cans. The sail car was an attempt to move rail cars with wind power, before steam locomotives became the preferred method of locomotive power.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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.329096
label: catalog number
content: 329096
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sail car
label: Object Name
content: railroad, sail car, model
label: Object Name
content: model, railroad sail car
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 8 1/2 in x 18 1/4 in x 9 in; 21.59 cm x 46.355 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/8 in x 18 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 23.1775 cm x 46.355 cm x 24.13 cm