Made for the 1893 worlds fair, the world’s largest stove was made for the Garland stove exhibit. In the 1920’s the stove was brought back and placed on display on West Jefferson near the Belle Isle bridge where it sat until being moved again in 1965 to the old Michigan State Fairgrounds. Despite extensive preservation efforts in the 1990’s, the stove, which was made mostly from wood, was struck by a freak lighning bolt on August 13th 2011 destroying the entire monument.
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Made for the 1893 worlds fair, the world’s largest stove was made for the Garland stove exhibit. In the 1920’s the stove was brought back and placed on display on West Jefferson near the Belle Isle bridge where it sat until being moved again in 1965 to the old Michigan State Fairgrounds. Despite extensive preservation efforts in the 1990’s, the stove, which was made mostly from wood, was struck by a freak lighning bolt on August 13th 2011 destroying the entire monument.
The stove after the fire: https://cbsnews3.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2011/08/15/60236cdf-a643-11e2-a3f0-029118418759/thumbnail/1280×960/d6fbc95b71c42e18edadc0febf97c6ed/stove_AP110112093569.jpg