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ESTATE HEATROLA - "THE FURNACE THAT LOOKS LIKE A PHONOGRAPH"

This Furnace was created by the Estate Stove Co. of Hamilton, Ohio. It even has a Columbia record produced (Specialty Record # 1546) which
described this phonograph shaped Furnace.

It has a winder handle too...

Where do the exhaust fumes go ?

ALVES wrote:It has a winder handle too...

Where do the exhaust fumes go ?

Here's more than you ever wanted to know about coal stoves. This is a stove designed to burn anthracite coal, which in North America is mined only in parts of nine counties in eastern Pennsylvania. For ten years, I had an anthracite burner in my home to furnish domestic heat. Anthracite must be burned on a grate, in a controlled draft (i.e, air-tight) stove, and since the coal burns from the bottom up, a draft must reach the coal bed from below (thus the grate). Ash build-up on the bottom of the charge must be shaken off the grate at intervals to ensure that combustion air reaches the coal; that "winder handle" on the Heatrola is the shaker handle. As for the "exhaust fumes," they are conveyed up a flue (chimney) by means of a connection at the rear of the stove, not visible in this photo.

Stoves like the one pictured will only play hot music like jazz.

On the forum----search option, type in Pennola and you will see one that resembles a Victor upright. Are you interested in one?

emerson wrote:On the forum----search option, type in Pennola and you will see one that resembles a Victor upright. Are you interested in one?

Depends on the price of oil. Right now, no. And coal per ton has gone up since the 1970s-80s (duh!) too. I paid about $110/ton back then, and 1.5-2 tons would get me through the winter in these parts. With today's milder winters (on average---there're always those pesky outliers!), who knows? Besides, I think that a Pennola would be even heavier than a Credenza.

When the topic of these stoves was being discussed in an earlier thread (referred to above), I mentioned that I had seen a Pennola stove. It was used to heat the office of the Reading Anthracite breaker (processing plant) at Locust Gap, PA. At that site, the company was then bagging coal fines and selling it as "Filtercoal" (anthracite is almost pure carbon). That was 25 years ago. Since that time, the breaker has been leveled and all traces of it and its contents are gone. I hope somebody got that stove!

Courtesy of Harvey Kravitz... pics of a mini Globe stove bank.

I bought this at an antique mall a few years ago. When I first saw this, I thought it was for an Edison, Brunswick, or some off brand. When I looked closer, it was a bank for a Globe Range and Stove Company in Kokomo IN. I just had to get this. It's about 5 ½" tall. Thanks Curt for posting this for me. This is a very interesting thread.
Harvey Kravitz

Here's one in the Madison Wisconsin area for you to buy!

Shawn

http://madison.craigslist.org/atq/5787455891.html

Phonofreak wrote:I bought this at an antique mall a few years ago. When I first saw this, I thought it was for an Edison, Brunswick, or some off brand. When I looked closer, it was a bank for a Globe Range and Stove Company in Kokomo IN. I just had to get this. It's about 5 ½" tall. Thanks Curt for posting this for me. This is a very interesting thread.
Harvey Kravitz

Now that's cute! What a great name - "GlowBoy"!

That looks like a suitable machine to "play" Hawaiian records or other dreck.