Florence Hot Blast #75
Coal Bob,
I see your from Delaware Ohio, I was born and raised there. Do you have bit coal or will you use anthracite ? Is the stove your looking at able to burn bit if that is what you will have access to ?
Keith
I see your from Delaware Ohio, I was born and raised there. Do you have bit coal or will you use anthracite ? Is the stove your looking at able to burn bit if that is what you will have access to ?
Keith
I am new too this coal burning, but I am going to guess the Hot Blast burns Bit coal, reason is below. You may have to copy and paste to your browser.
NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Daily Republican, The - 1919-10-23 ...
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- coal bob
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nice find I quess that stove sold for 37.50 back in 1919. kinda hard to read the paper thanks good info
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A perfect Florence Hot Blast sells in the thousands of dollars if it is one of the more fancy and rare models. No 77's are very common. Florences are among the best stoves made in my opinion. They are designed to burn Bituminous, but; will burn Anthracite very well also. The special thing about Florences is the pre-heated secondary air that is added over the top of the fire. This provides a much improved environment to burn the hydrocarbons found in Bituminous.
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That was very expensive back then. 50 dollars was more than most people made in a months time.coal bob wrote:nice find I quess that stove sold for 37.50 back in 1919. kinda hard to read the paper thanks good info
There you go Coal Bob, keep us informed if you get it.wsherrick wrote:A perfect Florence Hot Blast sells in the thousands of dollars if it is one of the more fancy and rare models. No 77's are very common. Florences are among the best stoves made in my opinion. They are designed to burn Bituminous, but; will burn Anthracite very well also. The special thing about Florences is the pre-heated secondary air that is added over the top of the fire. This provides a much improved environment to burn the hydrocarbons found in Bituminous.
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probally not as good as a glenwood I know you like your glenwoods.i think I can get this stove for 600.00. thanks for your info william and everybody else. o and by the way my other stove should be at my dealertommorow ds machine basement #4.. thanks coal bobwsherrick wrote:A perfect Florence Hot Blast sells in the thousands of dollars if it is one of the more fancy and rare models. No 77's are very common. Florences are among the best stoves made in my opinion. They are designed to burn Bituminous, but; will burn Anthracite very well also. The special thing about Florences is the pre-heated secondary air that is added over the top of the fire. This provides a much improved environment to burn the hydrocarbons found in Bituminous.
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Agreed, $600 is an excellent price. Just make sure that the stove is servicable (no cracks), the doors and dampers are tight, grates work etc...In the picture, it looks quite nice. If it's all there and in good shape it's probably worth twice that.grumpy wrote:Six hundred bucks would be a steal..