Saturday, May 2, 2009

Toasty tidbit:


Before the auto industry made (and lost) Detroit millions, Michigan's major manufacturing interest was in stoves. For many years in the late 1800's, the (oven)Mitten was in fact "The World's Stove Capital".
A relic of Detroit's early industrial era, The Michigan Stove Company's massive Garland stove landmarked the corner of Jefferson and Adair from 1893 until 1927, at which point it was moved just west of the Belle Isle bridge. It now resides at the Michigan State Fairgrounds and maintains ranking as the world's largest stove.
The 15 ton giant was originally constructed for the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.

*Quite a pleasant surprise as we rolled into MSFG at 8am for "Clean The D" this morning

1 comment:

  1. I really like the new look. Glad to see you're writing descriptions too.

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