Dixie Foundry Co?
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My in-laws have a Dixie Foundry Co. Inc. No. 7R-17F stove in their basement. It's only been used maybe once or twice as a backup heat source and it's only been fed wood when used. I don't have pics right now but it's a brown tin covered stove and it looks like it could be a wood or coal burner. Anyone heard of these stoves?
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A web search turns up quite a bit about the company. We've all heard of who they became.
http://clevelandbanner.com/stories/dixie-foundry- ... seum,60213
http://www.castironcollector.com/dixie.php
https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/maytag- ... -products/
We'd need pix of inside the stove to tell if it's for wood or coal.
Paul
http://clevelandbanner.com/stories/dixie-foundry- ... seum,60213
http://www.castironcollector.com/dixie.php
https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/maytag- ... -products/
We'd need pix of inside the stove to tell if it's for wood or coal.
Paul
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Here's a few pics
Loading door open. Bunch of trash in there but looks like it might be refractory lined.
Pic with the ash pan out. Some type of shaker system in there.
Back of unit. The lever shown in top of pic operates a damper door below.-
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I'll try to get a pic with the trash out.
The last pic shown above shows a lever that opens and closes a damper door that is located below and behind the shaker grates. The damper door can be seen in pic above that shows the ash pan area.
The last pic shown above shows a lever that opens and closes a damper door that is located below and behind the shaker grates. The damper door can be seen in pic above that shows the ash pan area.
The grate looks suspended on four possibly five hooks. The handle looks like it operates the center of the grate, I don't know what sort grate that is called, draw grate?
I see the damper door you mentioned, so it is likely a coal stove.
If there is some sort of air control somewhere above the grates then it could burn bitumous coal, otherwise it is anthracite coal only.
Does it have any gaskets around the ash pan door?
more knowledgeable members will likely chime in once you get the other pictures posted
I see the damper door you mentioned, so it is likely a coal stove.
If there is some sort of air control somewhere above the grates then it could burn bitumous coal, otherwise it is anthracite coal only.
Does it have any gaskets around the ash pan door?
more knowledgeable members will likely chime in once you get the other pictures posted
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I know a guy from our church has one of these stoves and still uses it. He burns wood in his only. I am not sure if it burns coal or not: I think it can. Considering the era in which it was built; burning coal and wood would only make sense.