Model, Jacob Perkins Mill Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: Early 20th Century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This model was made by the Bathe Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the early 20th century. Greville Bathe was a machinist and steam engine hobbyist who would fashion his own parts to complete toy steam engines and models. The cutaway model consists of a boiler on the first floor and a vertical engine on the second floor. The model identifies the building as the home of Perkins& Company Engineers of No. 69 Fleet Street, London, England.
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.329094
label: catalog number
content: 329094
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engine, steam
label: Object Name
content: engine, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: model, steam engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 20 in x 12 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 50.8 cm x 31.75 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 12 3/4 in x 7 3/8 in; 50.8 cm x 32.385 cm x 18.7325 cm