Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This cast metal engine was based off of a Bassett-Lowke kit. The engine is a two valve steam engine with flywheel, all on a wooden base. The engine would run when hooked up to a boiler. Bassett-Lowke is a toy company in Northampton, England that was founded in 1899, and manufactured a variety of model boats, ships, trains, and engines until it went out of business in 1965.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- ID Number
- MC.329021
- catalog number
- 329021
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- engine, steam
- engine, steam, model
- model, steam engine
- Physical Description
- cast iron (overall material)
- gun metal (overall material)
- wood (base material)
- Measurements
- cylinder-from catalog card: 3/4 in; x 1.905 cm
- flywheel-from catalog card: 6 in; x 15.24 cm
- base-from catalog card: 14 in x 5 1/2 in; x 35.56 cm x 13.97 cm
- overall: 6 in x 14 1/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 35.8775 cm x 14.605 cm
- Related Publication
- Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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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_847231
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-9fa4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
