WEEDEN
TOY STEAM ENGINES
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Engine No.1, Drawing from Original Patent The Weeden Manufacturing Company's production of toy steam engines has left a memorable legacy. Founded by an ingenious watch maker, William Nye Weeden, this U.S. company made its mark in history competing with German manufactures from the Nuremberg area such as Bing, Doll, Marklin, Plank and Schoenner as well as Mamod, Bowman and Burnac in the UK. My retirement had given me more time to pursue my interest in toy steam engines, and I soon discovered there is actually very little available online information about Weeden Manufacturing's history or its products. The goal of this site, with the generous help of so many, is to preserve the history of these marvelous little engines. I have tried to provide enough views of the various engines to make identifying them possible, I do have additional photos of some models on file and will gladly share them with anyone that needs more information for restoration purposes. Determining the actual year of manufacture for many of the models is difficult, units such as the No. 14 were manufactured over so many years. Many factors come into play, availability of material, particularly during and after the war years, special models made for major retailers such as Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, and sometimes it seems they may have used excess inventory of parts for slower selling units for the more popular sellers. We have to bear in mind that at the time these were toys, built for the enjoyment of youths, not made as collectable items, A steel boiler was probably deemed sufficient to last for the few years that the engine would be played with, then put on a shelf and forgotten about until one of us old codgers would find it many years later.
For some reason Hotmail may not allow me to reply to their accounts, so that is why you may not hear back from me. Frank
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No. 7
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No. 10
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No. 12
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No. 13
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No. 14
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No. 21
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No. 32
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No. 34
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No.
NP43
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No.
NP44
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No. 45
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No. 46
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No. 47
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No. 48
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No. 58
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No. 59
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No. 60
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No. 70
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No. 79
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No. 80
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No. 121
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No. 124
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No. 210
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No. 275
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No. 310
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No. 647
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No. 648
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No. 649
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No. 666
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No. 670
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No. 702
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No. 802
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No. 900
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No. 902
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No. 903
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No. 1
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No. 2
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No. 3
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No. 4
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No. 4B
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No. 5  Click Photo For Info Thanks Steamrgene |
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No. 6
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No. 8  Click Photo For Info Thanks JR |
No. 9
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No. 15
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No. 16
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No. 17
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No. 18
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No. 19
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No. 20
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No. 22
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No. 23
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No. 26
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No. 33
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No. 36 Pile Driver
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No. 37
Force
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No. 38
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No. NP41
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No. NP42
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No. 43
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No. 49
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No. 55 - 56 - 57
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No. 74 - 75 - 76
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No. 77
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No. 78
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No. 123
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No.
138
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No.
143
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No.
144
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No.
155
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No. 156
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No. 157
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No. 207
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No. 238 - 239
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No. 338 - 339
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No. 340 - 341 -342
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No. 344 - 345
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No. 400
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No. 420
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No. 440 - 441 - 442
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No.
500
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No. 641
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No. 642
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No. 661
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No. 663 -
664
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No. 665
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No.
672
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No.
675
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No.
741
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No.
815
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No. 28
Locomobile
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No. 643
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No. 644
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No. 645
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No. 646
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Weeden Dart
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No. 1
Locomotive
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No. 3
Locomotive
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Live Steam
Fire Engine
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Side Wheel
Steamboat
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No. 1
Steamboat Porter
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No. 1 &
2 Standard Steamboat
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Torpedo
Style Steamboat No. 3
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Freighter Style Steamboat No. 3
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Named
Engines
Weeden
Manufacturing identified most engines by numbers but
a few were named.
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Cornish
Beam Engine
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The
Favorite
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The
Favorite Force Pump
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The
Favorite Pile Driver
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The
Favorite Derrick Click Photo For Info Thanks NETTE Auctions |
Rotary
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Mighty-Mite
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No. 1
Electric Motor
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No. 101
Electric Motor
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No. 102
Electric Motor
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No. 104
Electric Motor
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No. 105
Electric Motor
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No. 106
Electric Motor
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No. 107
Electric Motor
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No. 109
Electric Motor
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No. 110 Display
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No. 111 Electric Motor
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No.
112 Electric Motor
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No. 113
- 114 Motor
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No. 116
Display Board
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No.
117 Electric Motor
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No. 1
Shaft
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No. 2
Shaft
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No. 3
Shaft
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No. 4
Toolboard
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No. 65 Tool Shop
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No. 67
Saw
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No. 68
Emery Wheel
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No. 69
Stamp Mill
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No. 73
Transmitter
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No. 80 - 81 - 83 Windmills
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No. 83 - 84 Fountains
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No. 85 Trip Hammer
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No.115 Windmill
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Hoisting Drum
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Village
Blacksmith
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Machine
Shop Display
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Pencil
Sharpener
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Plantation
Bank
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Ding
Dong Bell Bank
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Magic
Lantern No.1
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Magic
Lantern No.2
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Electric Stove
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Pandeaphone Click Photo For Info Thanks Russ S. |
Musical
Watch Click Photo For Info Thanks Russ S. |
Sewing Assistant
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A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E. - 1.5 MB .zip HTML document. How a Steam Engine Works - 1.3MB .pdf file. reprint of Archibald Williams section on steam from "How Things Work" The Stoker's Catechism by W.J. Connor - 156KB .zip file HTML doucment. Repairs Copyright © by Mendoc Group 2008 - 2021 |