What is that hatch in the middle for?
To feed the firebox?
There is obviously a hot water tank on the left… is
the oven on the right?
How do you open it…?
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Kiwi made stove 1880s?? I am guessing that's the coal fed version. The double top central door must be the feed hatch.
ReplyDeleteMiddle open scoop is the air intake and the bottom drawer the ash pan.
Coal? In the kitchen??? How would the ladies keep it clean? Hmppfpfpfff - maybe the hard anthracites wouldn't be crumbly and dusty? I'd love to see this thing in action...
DeleteSingle door version for wood
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double for coal. different maker but good details here
http://remote.kiwi.gen.nz/BigOrion/
See the two pin hinges top and bottom. The middle is the latch. On the left side small circle that is the pivot pin. The larger circle had the handle. You can see the hook that the latch drops into. That thing is build to last.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right Anon - that appears to be a latch on the end there...
DeleteMy maternal grandmother cooked on one (in the 60s in South Yorkshire, UK). I (just) have memories of it. Generally referred to as a 'range'. From my faded memory, with hers, the kettle went on a plate that swung out over the central, rather more open, coal fire, but there was an over and, I think, a hot water tank. It was ripped out when the place was refurbished by the owners (Wentworth Estate - the Fitzwilliams owned a lot of property round where I grew up) in the early '70s.
ReplyDeleteSome examples at https://www.1900s.org.uk/1900s-cooking-range.htm though they are tiny images.
And where she lived;
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Village_green_in_front_of_Old_Row,_Elsecar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_416965.jpg
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