Ernst Plank Duplex Toy Steam Engine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy steam engine was manufactured by the Ernst Plank Company of Nuremburg, Germany during the early 20th century. The toy consists of dual horizontal boilers driving dual vertical oscillating engines that are connected to a single shaft moving two flywheels.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Ernst Plank founded his company in Nuremburg, Germany in 1866. The company was well known for manufacturing a variety of metal toys like steam locomotives, stationary steam engines, early photography equipment, and magic lanterns until its dissolution in 1935.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
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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.329010
label: catalog number
content: 329010
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, steam engine and boiler
label: Object Name
content: steam engine and boiler, toy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: flywheels - from catalog card: 2 3/4 in; x 6.985 cm
label: Measurements
content: tin stack - from catalog card: 11 5/8 in; 29.5275 cm
label: Measurements
content: base - from catalog card: 8 in x 12 in; x 20.32 cm x 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 8 in x 12 in; 33.655 cm x 20.32 cm x 30.48 cm