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The Atlanta Stove Works company was founded in 1889 (originally named Georgia Stove Company) to produce cast-iron stoves. Initially, their business boomed to the point where in 1902, a separate foundry was built in Birmingham, Alabama, especially for the production of hollow ware and cast-iron cookware to supplement their stoves.
Malleable was the first manufacturer to install a circulating fan in an oven designed for home use in 1967. [ 7 ] Oil shortages in the mid-1970s gave the company some increase in sales of its Add-a-Furnace wood-burning furnaces.
Toasting fork (1561). One of only two known toasting forks from the 16th century, possibly from Norfolk, England [4]. Toasting forks were traditionally made from metal such as wrought iron, brass, or silver, and later from steel, but handles of wood or ivory might be used to prevent the heat of the fire being conducted to the hand.
Cookware is used on a stove or range cooktop, while bakeware is used in an oven. Some utensils are considered both cookware and bakeware. There is a great variety of cookware and bakeware in shape, material, and inside surface. Some materials conduct heat well; some retain heat well. Some surfaces are non-stick; some require seasoning.
Dortch Stove Works is an historic stove manufacturing plant in Franklin, Tennessee. It was built in 1929 by Allen Manufacturing Company , then based in Nashville, Tennessee. During its manufacturing prime, the plant produced stoves and ranges under Allen Manufacturing Company, Dortch Stove Works, and Magic Chef Inc. , as well as bedding and ...
A trailer kitchen, rolling kitchen, or chow wagon is a field kitchen that is or can be pulled by a vehicle, pack animal, or person in the form of a cart, wagon, or trailer. They typically have two or four wheels and may be a single unit or two separate units connected to each other.
Founded in 1939 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota by Bob Kiesau and his wife, Jean, Home of Economy was originally an auto parts wholesale business. In February 1940, Bob started a store in Grand Forks, North Dakota, recapping used tires at night and selling them during the day. In the years since, Home of Economy has grown to include stores in ...
The complex housed a number of regionally important producers of stoves during the late-19th and early-20th century. After the regional stove manufacturing industry collapsed during the Great Depression, the complex was occupied by a number of warehouses. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]