Weeden No. 441 Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy steam engine was manufactured by the Weeden Manufacturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts from around 1920-1927. The engine is model number 441, and consists of a cast iron base, steel firebox, and brass boiler. The vertical slide valve engine is attached to 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.328941
label: catalog number
content: 328941
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: overall: 12 in x 4 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 11.1125 cm x 13.335 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - flywheel: 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in; x .635 cm x 6.6675 cm