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| name = Stevens's Model Dockyard |
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| foundation = 1843 |
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| founder = W. Stevens |
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| location_city = [[Aldgate]], [[London]] |
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| area_served = Worldwide |
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| ⚫ | '''Stevens's Model Dockyard''' was a company which made and sold models, toys and parts for modellers (not to be confused with the original [[Model Dockyard (company)|Model Dockyard]] or [[Clyde Model Dockyard]] - different companies dealing in similar products). Established 1843, it was located in [[Aldgate]], [[London]]. |
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Their products included model sailing boats, hulls, steam boats, boat fittings, stationary steam engines, machine tools, marine engines, railway locomotives, railway rolling stock, track, lineside accessories, steam engine parts, clockwork motors, hydraulic motors, boilers, electric motors, electrical novelties, telegraphs, electrical accessories, optical instruments and books. They also sold Meccano, Klipit and other branded items.<ref name="SMD catalogue">''Stevens's Model Dockyard'' catalogue, currently available as a reproduction published by TEE Publishing </ref>. Most of their products appear to have been made in the company's own workshops, but there may have been some items bought in and rebranded. |
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==Products== |
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They are particularly known for the type of steam toy known as "[[Birmingham Dribbler]]s". These, along with other steam engines, are now popular collector's pieces. |
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Stevens Model Dockyard was as much a retailer as a maker and large numbers of items are now claimed to be by the company that were only retailed by them, rather than made by them. There is little evidence of what exactly they made prior to 1900, but certainly ship models, fittings and engines, spirit fired steam locomotives, wooden rolling stock and brass-on-mahogany rail, stationary engines and components. Their 20th century catalogues differentiate 'our own make' from 'British made' (i.e. items retailed and made in the UK, but not be Stevens) and they do not mention the origin of those items made by concerns outside of the UK. Stevens' own make items are best quality, the steam engines and locomotives usually finished in lacquered brass, like optical equipment. Their catalogues included a huge range of items by other makers including model [[Ship model|sailing boats]] and hulls, [[Steamboat|steam boats]], boat fittings, [[stationary steam engine]]s, [[machine tool]]s, [[Marine steam engine|marine engines]], [[Steam locomotive|railway locomotives]], railway [[rolling stock]], [[Track (rail transport)|track]], lineside accessories, steam engine parts, [[clockwork]] motors, hydraulic motors, [[boiler]]s, [[electric motors]], electrical novelties, [[Telegraphy|telegraphs]], electrical accessories, [[optical instrument]]s and books. They also sold [[Meccano]], [[Klipit]] and other branded items.<ref name="SMD catalogue">''Stevens's Model Dockyard'' catalogue, currently available as a reproduction published by TEE Publishing</ref> |
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==Company name== |
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The name of the company implies that they may initially have supplied ship models to the Admiralty, like Clyde Model Dockyard and the original Model Dockyard. |
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William Stevens claimed he first set up on own account in 1843, but he does not appear in London directories until 1848. When he does he has nothing to do with models. Rather, he was a ‘news vendor’ or ‘news agent’ trading from Trinity Square in the city. In 1857 he first lists himself as a ‘news agent & ship modeller’. Only when he moved to 22 Aldgate in 1865 did he cease his news agency to focus on ship |
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The name used by the company appears to have changed several times over the years. "W. Stevens the Model Dockyard", "Stevens' Model Dockyard", "Steven's Model Dockyard" and "Stevens's Model Dockyard" have all been used. |
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models alone. Three years later, in 1868, he finally expanded into ‘steam engines and all the separate parts’. It was only then that ‘Stevens Model Dockyard’ was fully established. The company name was slightly adapted from 'The Model Dockyard' a business established earlier in the 1860s by Edwin Bell. |
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<ref>''Train Collector''(The journal of the Train Collectors' Society) 54 (March 2020) p31 and 71 (June 2024) p17 </ref> |
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==References== |
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==External |
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* [http://www.toysteambible.org.uk/steam_engine-Stevens_Model_Dockyard.htm?id=1051/ ToySteamBible.org: Stevens Model Dockyard] |
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*[http://stevensmodeldockyard.com/ Website] |
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[[Category:Steam engines]] |
[[Category:Steam engines]] |
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[[Category:Toy retailers]] |
[[Category:Toy retailers of the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1843]] |
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[[Category:Toy steam engine manufacturers]] |
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[[Category:1843 establishments in England]] |
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Latest revision as of 22:40, 1 July 2024
| Industry | Toys and models |
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| Founded | 1843 |
| Founder | W. Stevens |
| Headquarters | , UK |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Toys and models |
Stevens's Model Dockyard was a company which made and sold models, toys and parts for modellers (not to be confused with the original Model Dockyard or Clyde Model Dockyard - different companies dealing in similar products). Established 1843, it was located in Aldgate, London.
Products
[edit]Stevens Model Dockyard was as much a retailer as a maker and large numbers of items are now claimed to be by the company that were only retailed by them, rather than made by them. There is little evidence of what exactly they made prior to 1900, but certainly ship models, fittings and engines, spirit fired steam locomotives, wooden rolling stock and brass-on-mahogany rail, stationary engines and components. Their 20th century catalogues differentiate 'our own make' from 'British made' (i.e. items retailed and made in the UK, but not be Stevens) and they do not mention the origin of those items made by concerns outside of the UK. Stevens' own make items are best quality, the steam engines and locomotives usually finished in lacquered brass, like optical equipment. Their catalogues included a huge range of items by other makers including model sailing boats and hulls, steam boats, boat fittings, stationary steam engines, machine tools, marine engines, railway locomotives, railway rolling stock, track, lineside accessories, steam engine parts, clockwork motors, hydraulic motors, boilers, electric motors, electrical novelties, telegraphs, electrical accessories, optical instruments and books. They also sold Meccano, Klipit and other branded items.[1]
Company name
[edit]William Stevens claimed he first set up on own account in 1843, but he does not appear in London directories until 1848. When he does he has nothing to do with models. Rather, he was a ‘news vendor’ or ‘news agent’ trading from Trinity Square in the city. In 1857 he first lists himself as a ‘news agent & ship modeller’. Only when he moved to 22 Aldgate in 1865 did he cease his news agency to focus on ship models alone. Three years later, in 1868, he finally expanded into ‘steam engines and all the separate parts’. It was only then that ‘Stevens Model Dockyard’ was fully established. The company name was slightly adapted from 'The Model Dockyard' a business established earlier in the 1860s by Edwin Bell. [2]
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