what to do with old waterbury stove?

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jere

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Apr 14, 2014
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ohio
Hi I am looking for ideas on what to do with this old stove. Scrap it, sell it, get it working again, other? From what I can find it is from the 1940s, and is a wood disintegrator in use (looking at the massive exhaust pipe ). It is cylindrical and about the size of a refrigerator. I will try to upload pictures later, having technical difficulties at the moment. Posted about this on another message board and I have pictures on the second page http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=243974
 
that looks like the steam boilers that we had when i was young. does it have pipe tappings?
 
Not that i have seen, where would they be? It is also out in the garage that is completely separate from the house.
 
Scrap city.
 
I'd like to see it. Some stoves have a nice look to them....some look like junk. I'll check back to see if you get a picture up. Have a great day.

Richard

Just click on the link in his post and see it.
 
Here tis:

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So it's not really a boiler?
 
I would repurpose it. Load the bottom door with ice and the top door with beer.:cool:
 
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I used to have an old gravity furnace like that. I burned 6 cords plus 4 tons of coal--it was indeed a very hungry hippo. The house was either cold or VERY HOT. I burn 4 cords now with an EPA stove and don't have the temperature swings. I do have a soft spot in my heart for the old heater though. I inherited the house it was in, and it was the only furnace that was ever in the house at that point--about 60 years of loyal service.
 
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