Weeden Manufacturing
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| industry = Toy Making
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| foundation = 1884
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| defunct =c. 1952
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| products = Model Steam Engines, Electric Motors, Toys.
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Weeden Manufacturing was a toy company best known for producing Model steam engines and electric motors.{{cite web|url=https://www.weedensteam.com/history.html |title=Weeden Toy Steam Engines |publisher=Weedensteam.com |date=2007-01-20 |accessdate=2020-05-14}} They started making toy steam engines in October 1884 to sell via Magazine, and went on to make 100 different styles.{{cite web|author=Lucy M. Wallbank |url=https://www.farmcollector.com/steam-traction/weeden-toy-factory-known-to-every-boy |title=Weeden Toy Factory Known To Every Boy |publisher=Farmcollector.com |date=1972-10-22 |accessdate=2020-05-14}}{{cite web|author=Fri, 2014-03-28 13:54 |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_847203 |title=Weeden No. 14 Toy Steam Engine | National Museum of American History |publisher=Americanhistory.si.edu |date=2014-03-28 |accessdate=2020-05-14}} Weeden made its own tooling for all the engines they made. From 1890 to 1912 Weeden made a steam powered toy train. In the 1920s Weeden ventured into children's banks and electric stoves.{{cite web|url=https://www.fabtintoys.com/weeden/ |title=Weeden Steam Engine | Vintage Toy Steam Engines & Parts |publisher=Fabtintoys.com |date= |accessdate=2020-05-14}} In 1942 they were purchased by the National Playthings division of Pairpoint Glass. The last steam engine was made 10 years later in 1952.{{cite web|url=https://www.weedensteam.com/history.html |title=Weeden Toy Steam Engines |publisher=Weedensteam.com |date=2007-01-20 |accessdate=2020-05-14}}{{cite web|url=https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/172495-weeden-647-model-steam-engine-c-1927-3 |title=Weeden #647 Model Steam Engine (c.1927-33) |publisher=Collectors Weekly |date= |accessdate=2020-05-14}}
The Weeden Manufacturing Co. was at one time associated with Joseph Arthur Beauvais (1824-1899) of New Bedford MA who also managed several other companies in New Bedford and the area including two railroads.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbpreservationsociety.org/docs/County%20Street%20Walking%20Tour.pdf | access-date=2023-11-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115406/http://www.nbpreservationsociety.org/docs/County%20Street%20Walking%20Tour.pdf | archive-date=2014-08-26| title=County Street Walking Tour}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ma/bristol/beauvais-ja.htm |title=Joseph A. Beauvais - Bristol County, MA Biographies |access-date=2021-08-24 |archive-date=2021-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824223457/http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ma/bristol/beauvais-ja.htm |url-status=dead }}
