Weeden No. 900 Toy Steam Engine
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, manufactured the Weeden No. 900 toy steam engine from 1935 until 1940. The Weeden No. 900 was an electrically heated steam engine, and the two prongs that would be plugged into a cord can be seen under the boiler. The plate above the prongs details the volts, watts, and catalog number of the engine. The engine consists of a horizontal boiler powering a horizontal slide valve engine with flyball governor that powers a flywheel.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Weeden Manufacturing Company was founded in New Bedford, Massachusetts by William M. Weeden in the early 1880s, originally producing a variety of tinplate household items. In 1884 it introduced the Weeden No. 1 Steam engine as “a new and great premium for boys” who were subscribers to the <i>Youth’s Companion</i> magazine. Weeden made over a hundred different models of toy steam engines until the company ceased operations in 1952.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, New Bedford
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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.328953
label: catalog number
content: 328953
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: boiler - from catalog card: 5 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; x 13.97 cm x 6.0325 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 8 in x 8 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 22.225 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 20.6375 cm x 16.51 cm x 22.225 cm