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Union No 212 - Coal Stove?

Post in 'Classic Wood Stove Forums Pre-EPA (prior to 1988)' started by MasterMech, Mar 28, 2012.

  1. MasterMech Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 2, 2011
    4,806 posts
    Hudson Valley NY
    Hey y'all!

    My FIL picked up this old stove for free to use as decoration. Looks like a coal stove to me, anybody know anything about them?

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    MasterMech, Mar 28, 2012
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  2. FanMan Member

    joined: Mar 4, 2012
    246 posts
    CT stix
    Definitely a coal stove, Is that a crack in the second picture? Otherwise (and still may be) worth restoring.
    FanMan, Mar 28, 2012
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  3. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,118 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    Railroad coal stove? Looks like it is only good for decoration or a planter now.
    begreen, Mar 28, 2012
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  4. MasterMech Minister of Fire

    joined: Aug 2, 2011
    4,806 posts
    Hudson Valley NY
    He has no intentions of firing this thing again. He just liked the way it looked. I'm curious to about how old it is and Google isn't turning up much on it.

    The crack and warping on the bottom definitely relegates it to a non-functional decoration.
    MasterMech, Mar 28, 2012
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  5. FanMan Member

    joined: Mar 4, 2012
    246 posts
    CT stix
    It's hard to find information on many old stoves; there were so many small outfits making them in the early part of last century. I've tried in vain to find anything on the "Daisy" coal stove (a sheet metal and firebrick cylinder stove) I have in my cabin, save that it was made in the 1920s in Poughkeepsie, NY.

    Yours does look like a stove I saw in a tourist train that runs around Newport, RI.
    FanMan, Mar 28, 2012
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