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The phenomenal growth of these two companies during the 1880s and 1890s led to the merger of eight other stove companies in St. Louis, Chicago and Cleveland in 1901 to form the American Stove Company. [1] American Stove introduced the first oven temperature control device in 1914. In 1929, it began using the brand name Magic Chef. The Magic ...
In 1887, the Favorite Stove & Range Company moved to Piqua, Ohio, from Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm became Piqua's largest manufacturer. The company focused primarily on the manufacture of stoves and stove parts throughout its history, though it also produced several lines of mid-priced cast-iron pans from the 1910s through the 1930s.
The newly reorganized company was named the United States Stove Company. [2] Since then, the company has been owned and operated by the Rogers family. Current Chairman of the Board, Richard Rogers and current President, August Jones [9] are the third and fourth generations of the family to lead the company, respectively. [10]
Griswold Manufacturing (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ z w ɔː l d,-w əl d /) [1] was an American manufacturer of cast-iron kitchen products founded in Erie, Pennsylvania, in business from 1865 through 1957. For many years the company had a world-wide reputation for high-quality cast-iron cookware. Today, Griswold pieces are collectors' items.
The Michigan Stove Company built the World's Largest Stove for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. [8] While on the national board of the Chicago Fair, Barbour came up with the idea to build a giant Garland kitchen range to represent the company at the fair and passed it on to Dwyer. [8] It was carved and painted to look just like a metal stove. [8]
Hopewell Furnace stove, 10-plate cooking model, with a lower firebox and upper oven for baking. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania, is an example of an American 19th century rural iron plantation, whose operations were based around a charcoal-fired cold-blast iron blast furnace.
The Round Oak Stove Company was founded in Dowagiac, Michigan in 1871 by Philo D. Beckwith. Beckwith cast his first stove around 1867 to heat his struggling foundry and shortly after, the Michigan Central Railroad ordered the heaters for its depots between Detroit and Chicago. By 1871, Beckwith was mainly producing heating stoves, and thus ...
The Dortch Stove Works plant is an industrial plant that was designed by Robert & Company of Atlanta in 1929. [3] [4] The main body of the plant consists of the large horseshoe shaped foundry, originally taking up around 245,000 square feet. [1]