Weeden No. 106 Toy Electric Motor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Weeden no. 102 electric generator was produced by the Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts from 1913 until 1918. This was an earlier version of the model No. 102, as evidenced by the wooden base plate attached to the cast iron base. It is an electromagnetic generator, producing a direct electric current through the rotation of a wire coil in a magnetic field. The generator could be connected to the flywheel of a Weeden steam engine, rotating the center coil, turning mechanical power into electricity.
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
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. August Mencken
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.322914
label: catalog number
content: 322914
label: accession number
content: 220719
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, electric motor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinplate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 6 in x 4 1/4 in; 15.875 cm x 15.24 cm x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 2 1/2 in; x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: tinplate base - from catalog card: 4 in x 6 in; x 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm