Potbelly stove at the Museum of Appalachia
A potbelly stove is a cast-iron, coal-burning or wood-burning stove that is cylindrical with a bulge in the middle.[1] The name is derived from the resemblance of the stove to a fat person's pot belly. Potbelly stoves were used to heat large rooms and were often found in train stations or one-room schoolhouses. The flat top of the stove allows for cooking food or heating water.
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Fanciful drawing by Marguerite Martyn in the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch of October 21, 1906, of a country store, centered by a
potbelly stoveSee also
- Delamere Francis McCloskey, Los Angeles City Council member, 1941–43, rescued potbelly stoves for use in air-raid defense posts
- Franklin stove
- List of stoves
- Red Cross stove
References
- ↑ Gove PB (editor in chief) (1981). Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc. 102a + 2,663 pp. ISBN:0-87779-201-1. ("potbelly", definition and illustration, p. 1775).
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