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| Keywords: kalamazoo public library michigan history photography stove company furnace iron glasses factory manufacturing workmen Interior of Kalamazoo Stove Company, several unidentified men working. The original photo caption reads, "Kalamazoo Stove Company. #1. 'pouring off' time. This is one of the three giant furnaces in which 'Pigs' (pig iron) have been melted at 2800 degrees. The man in the special colored glasses controls the white hot flow into ladles. 245,000 pounds of iron is used in making Kalamazoo stoves each day." For more information on the Kalamazoo Stove Company read: www.kpl.gov/local-history/business/kalamazoo-stove.aspx KPL catalogue number P-134. Interior of Kalamazoo Stove Company, several unidentified men working. The original photo caption reads, "Kalamazoo Stove Company. #1. 'pouring off' time. This is one of the three giant furnaces in which 'Pigs' (pig iron) have been melted at 2800 degrees. The man in the special colored glasses controls the white hot flow into ladles. 245,000 pounds of iron is used in making Kalamazoo stoves each day." For more information on the Kalamazoo Stove Company read: www.kpl.gov/local-history/business/kalamazoo-stove.aspx KPL catalogue number P-134. | ||||
