Walker and Pratt range

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Post by Cdon2948 » Mon. Jun. 27, 2022 5:52 pm

Ive been looking for 1870s-90s ranges for the home since I still have the thimble in the kitchen flue and my franklin doesnt heat the kitchen haha!
I came upon this really interesting range locally and I was wondering if anyone has seen one of these before?i have found exactly zero information on it and im usually pretty good at digging things up online. I will admit that im not sure what a wood vs a coal grate looks like in a range set up. The whole 1492 New World with Christopher Columbus is an interesting motif as well.

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Post by Sunny Boy » Mon. Jun. 27, 2022 8:08 pm

Very pretty stove.

Don't know much about Walker and Pratt other than it seems they were in Boston.

As to the grates. I suspect it's a wood stove because in a coal stove there would be a cast iron block-off plate just inside that front loading door. Coal needs a deep fire bed to burn well and ranges don't have a lot of depth to do that. Because of that need for as much depth as possible you have to load the coal through the top plates or a secondary damper/loading door high up on the left end.

Without a fixed plate inside the loading door to hold back the firebed, it would be very dangerous to load coal up against that front door.

Cleaned-out firebox and clear pix inside it would tell for sure.

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Post by freetown fred » Mon. Jun. 27, 2022 8:40 pm

Outstanding C!!!!! Nice hearth set up. :) I think Paul's right on it being for wood. Be good for some quick heat, PLUS cookin!!!

 
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Post by mntbugy » Mon. Jun. 27, 2022 9:14 pm

Walker and Pratt was before the name changed to Crawford, I think.

Missing kick pedal to open oven door, also the shelf below oven door. Looks like a pigeon chit weld above the little shaker door.They came with options of no shelf in the back or a low shelf or the most preferd high fancy shelf seen on most ranges. Size looks like 818. 8 inch circle cook plates with 18 inch oven.

Sunnyboy is correct, missing the block off plate in front for coal. Some had fire brick there or a Storm grate looking part. Might be set up for wood.

Been for sale for awhile now.

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