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Weeden Vertical toy steam engine in the 1912 Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog. In the late 19th century, manufacturers such as German toy company Bing introduced the two main types of model/toy steam engines, namely stationary engines with accessories that were supposed to mimic a 19th-century factory, [4] and mobile engines such as steam locomotives and boats.
A stationary steam engine, preserved at Tower Bridge in London. This is one of two tandem cross-compound hydraulic pumping engines formerly used to raise and lower the bridge. Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for
Cyldon 13-1 steam engine (whistle missing) The 13/1 was (presumably) the first model made by Cyldon and is atypical in some details. The firebox is a different style from the usual Cyldon type and is steel instead of aluminium. The meths burner is also slightly different. The base is made of wood (as is the 13/2 but none of the other models).
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Stevens Model Dockyard was as much a retailer as a maker and large numbers of items are now claimed to be by the company that were only retailed by them, rather than made by them. There is little evidence of what exactly they made prior to 1900, but certainly ship models, fittings and engines, spirit fired steam locomotives, wooden rolling ...
Weeden Manufacturing was a toy company best known for producing Model steam engines and electric motors. [1] They started making toy steam engines in October 1884 to sell via Magazine, and went on to make 100 different styles. [2] [3] Weeden made its own tooling for all the engines they made. From 1890 to 1912 Weeden made a steam powered toy train.
Table engine built by Lampitt of Banbury c1850 and used at the Hunt Edmunds brewery. A table engine is a variety of stationary steam engine where the cylinder is placed on top of a table-shaped base, the legs of which stand on the baseplate which locates the crankshaft bearings. The piston rod protrudes from the top of the cylinder and has ...
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