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 - 71 -72
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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 - 211 - 212
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No.
275
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No.
310 - 311 - 312
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No.
647
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No.
648
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Photo For Info |
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 |
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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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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 |