Kalamazoo Stove Company

1. Interior of Drummond's grocery store 1910-1928

The stove in the center of the picture was made by the Kalamazoo Stove Company.

Source: Kalamazoo Public Library Photograph P-10

2. Kalamazoo Stove Company, pouring off, 1936

Kalamazoo Stove Company, pouring off, 1936. "This is one of the three giant furnaces in which 'Pigs' (pig iron) have been melted at 2800 degrees. The man in special colored glasses controls the white hot flow into ladles. 245,000 pounds of iron is used in making Kalamazoo Stoves each day. " #1 in a series of 10 (some are missing). Photographed by Mamie L. Austin

Source: Kalamazoo Public Library Photograph P-134

3. Moulding a combustion chamber in sand, 1936

Kalamazoo Stove Company, moulding a combustion chamber in sand, 1936. "The mold must be perfect, the sand of the right consistency and must hold its shape as the hot iron flows into the opening. Only experts are entrusted with this job." #2 of 10 (some are missing). Photographed by Mamie L. Austin.

Source: Kalamazoo Public Library Photograph P-135

4. Pouring iron into the molds, 1936

Kalamazoo Stove Company, pouring iron into the molds, 1936. "Hot iron moulders with steel muscles pour the iron into the molds. Some of the molds are huge requiring as many as eight men to fill properly." #3 of 10 (some are missing). Photographed by Mamie L. Austin

Source: Kalamazoo Public Library Photograph P-136

5. Kalamazoo Stove Company, polishing, 1936

Kalamazoo Stove Company, polishing, 1936. "During the polishing process the stove top is movable under the big emery wheel. Every top is treated at a heat of 1200 degrees with a special chemical preparation so that it is permanently polished." #4 of 10 (some are missing). Photographed by Mamie L. Austin

Source: Kalamazoo Public Library Photograph P-137

6. Kalamazoo Stove Company, enamel ovens, 1936

Kalamazoo Stove Company, enamel ovens, 1936. "[illegible] huge oil burning ovens are kept heated day and night to bake the enamel on to the metal parts at a temperature of from 1200 degrees to 1800 degrees." #6 of 10 (some are missing). Photographed by Mamie L. Austin.

Source: Kalamazoo Public Library Photograph P-138