  Stove_fanatic Member Username: Stove_fanatic Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 129.234.4.1 |
This started out in the thread about the old Uniroyal factory, in case anybody wants to look back. But I got encouraged to try to start a new thread. I will have just about shot my bold of good (ish) pics with this post, so I might have to resort to trying to keep it alive by importing the messages I contributed to the other thread. Anyway, here goes: Another view od the Detroit Stove Works, with the Belle Isle Bridge in the background, from p. 41 of James J. Mitchell, DETROIT IN HISTORY & COMMERCE. A Careful Compilation of the History, Mercantile & Manufacturing Interests of Detroit, Illustrated with Views of the City's Principal Streets, Points of Interest, Prominent Buildings & Portraits of Its Noted Business Men. Published under the Direction of the Merchants' & Manufacturers' Exchange & Sanction of the Detroit Board of Trade (Detroit: Rogers & Thorpe, 1891):  And a view from p. 44 of the same volume, of the Michigan Stove Works, before the installation of the Big Stove in the forecourt, facing the street (Jefferson?):  A nice pic of an ad from the Kalamazoo Stove Works, 1904 -- I'm sure Detroiters aren't _completely_ localist in their industrial-archaeological interests:  The Art Stove Works, from an article (probably by William J. Keep, superintendent of Michigan Stove and designer of the Big Stove) about "The Stove Industry of Detroit" in _The Michigan Manufacturer_ 2 (18 June 1910): 46-52, at p. 49:  The Detroit Stove Works, same article, p. 47:  The Michigan Stove Works, same article, p. 49 -- you can just see the Big Stove in the forecourt, just below the 'Crown' trademark, facing the street:  An interior view of the brand-new Michigan Stove main foundry (the old one had burnt down) -- this is the site of the 1930s pic in Wayne State, referred to earlier -- p. 48:  "The Heart of a Stove Plant" -- pouring molten iron, Michigan Stove 1910, p. 50  "On the Moulding Floor" -- 'flasks' (moulds) ready to fill with iron, same place & page:  Another bit of the moulding room, heavier flasks, same place & page:  A different stove foundry (Fuller & Warren, Troy NY, c. 1913) but too good to leave out:  And that's it for now. Off to Albany and Troy next week, on the track of _old stoves_. | ||
Unclefrank Member Username: Unclefrank Post Number: 25 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 192.85.50.2 |
I love those old stoves. We had a Civil War drill session at Fort Wayne a few weeks ago, and we stayed overnight in the restored guardhouse. The place had a huge old potbellied stove that really kept the place toasty! | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 990 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.37 |
Doing a bit of googling looking at the stove industry, I found that the corporate successor to Detroit Stove Works, is Enodis, a maker of restaurant equipment.
http://www.kysorpanel.com/about.asp I might as well repost the photo from the Uniroyal thread.  LOC/DPC | ||
Mrsjdaniels Member Username: Mrsjdaniels Post Number: 185 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 141.217.46.39 |
this is the main reason the Historical museum shouldn't close | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 460 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 71.213.227.199 |
That Kalamazoo stove is a beauty. I recall back in the day (early 80's), Ye Olde Tap Room at Charlevoix & Alter used to have a similar stove in the center of the main room that they'd fire up when the temps dropped. Made the brew taste all the better. | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 991 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.130 |
Link to recent photo of the restored giant stove. http://www.retaildetroit.com/m onuments/The_Michigan_Stove.ht m | ||
623kraw Member Username: 623kraw Post Number: 874 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200 |
Same stove at the State Fairgrounds zoomed-in a bit... (Message edited by 623kraw on March 30, 2006) | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 2409 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.58.14 |
Are you are an ACW re-enactor Unclefrank? | ||
Harsensis Member Username: Harsensis Post Number: 40 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.227.102.82 |
In that first pic it is facing Jeffesrson and it shows the old wooden Belle Isle Bridge before it burned. I'll see if I can scan some pics from the area. | ||
Unclefrank Member Username: Unclefrank Post Number: 26 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 192.85.50.2 |
"Are you are an ACW re-enactor Unclefrank?" Yes, I do both Union and Confederate. | ||
Unclefrank Member Username: Unclefrank Post Number: 27 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 192.85.50.2 |
"That Kalamazoo stove is a beauty. I recall back in the day (early 80's), Ye Olde Tap Room at Charlevoix & Alter used to have a similar stove in the center of the main room that they'd fire up when the temps dropped. Made the brew taste all the better." I used to drink there back in the 70's. I loved that place. Your right about the stove. |
