Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This Märklin No. 5 toy steam engine was built by the Märklin Manufacturing Company of Göppingen, Germany during the early 20th century. This toy steam engine consists of an externally fired horizontal brass boiler on top of a simulated brick firebox and chimney. The horizontal slide valve cylinder engine drives a flywheel with slip-eccentric reversing gear. The boiler and engine are mounted on a tinplate base.
- The Märklin Company was established in 1859 in the town of Göppingen, Germany by tin smith Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin. Märklin began his business with the production of tin doll houses, but the company soon began producing a variety of tinplate and metal items, eventually specializing in toys that included steam engines such as this one.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. August Mencken
- ca 1950
- ID Number
- MC.322911
- catalog number
- 322911
- accession number
- 220719
- Object Name
- toy, steam engine and boiler
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- tinplate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/4 in x 10 7/8 in x 10 7/8 in; 36.195 cm x 27.6225 cm x 27.6225 cm
- place made
- Germany
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Family & Social Life
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_847206
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-9b08-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
