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Heintz House and Detroit Vapor Stove Co. on Franklin; c.1905
Sorry, it’s been so long. Holidays, birthdays and vacations are officially over. Back to the blog and The Detroit Vapor.
At the turn-of-the-century Detroit was pumping out the stoves. In 1922 Detroit makers built 400,000 stoves worth $10 million in one year.
These were the biggeys – The Michigan Stove Company, The Detroit Stove Works, The Penninsular Stove Company, the Art Stove Company, and the Detroit Vapor Stove Company.
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Yes, there really stoves called a “vapor stove”. These stoves burned “stove gasoline,” a crude form of the fuel. Vapor stoves could burn multiple fuels that also included kerosene, a type of oil, or a fuel called “distillate”.
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Here’s a vapor stove ad and a great article Late 19th-Century Gasoline Stoves – Cooking on a Bomb Used to be Normal
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January 19th, 2012 at 9:52 PM
I have some things I need to scan for you about Detroit Vapor Stoves from the mid 1930s!
January 20th, 2012 at 5:31 AM
Oh Maria – I’m finally getting to that darling kitchen of yours.
Waited, so it would be closer to Valentine’s Day but I can’t wait much longer!
If you scan the things, I’ll add them. Thanks for your patience!
Jan