Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This is a model of a rail sail car. The car is shown with several tools; shovel, ax, hammer, coal, wood, and oil cans. The sail car was an attempt to move rail cars with wind power, before steam locomotives became the preferred method of locomotive power.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- ID Number
- MC.329096
- catalog number
- 329096
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- sail car
- railroad, sail car, model
- model, railroad sail car
- Physical Description
- wood, metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall-from catalog card: 8 1/2 in x 18 1/4 in x 9 in; 21.59 cm x 46.355 cm x 22.86 cm
- overall: 9 1/8 in x 18 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 23.1775 cm x 46.355 cm x 24.13 cm
- Associated Place
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- 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_847258
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8ed0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
