Object Details
- Description
- This is a miniature operational model of a simple box-bed engine. Box-bed engines were also known as mill engines and were common sources of power for facilities such as cotton mills. It measures just 1 1/8 inch in length. It was donated to the museum in 1961 by J.C. McDowell, son of the maker of the tiny model.
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. C. McDowell, Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania
- ca 1886
- ID Number
- MC.319415
- catalog number
- 319415
- accession number
- 237077
- Object Name
- Engine, Steam
- engine, steam, minature
- engine, steam, miniature
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 9/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 1.42875 cm x 2.8575 cm
- flywheel: 1 1/8 in; x 2.8575 cm
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Exhibition
- Power Machinery
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Model
- Steam Engines
- Record ID
- nmah_846161
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-6956-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
