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Virginia along with the Commonwealth. Shipments tended to be impressive, and many deliveries in the 1940s filled three box cars at a time.
Every feature was the fulfillment of some housewife’s and cook’s wish. The E A model of the ’40s had four standard eight-inch lids with adaquate heat for fast cooking, while two four-inch lids were provided to put the pots on simmer.
The oven door was equipped with a see-through thermometer. With two warming chambers, one on each side of the flue-pipe, the tardy farmer was always assured of a hot meal. Three buttons on the flue controlled the draft.
All models, early and late, were equipped with hot water tanks, big enough for a baby’s bath and hot enough to scald a chicken, although the temperature could be regulated.
As times and demands changed, electric units were added, but the growing popularity of other fuels and the rapidly changing style of life were too much. The pressures finally forced the Wrought Iron Products Co. out of business, leaving a noble product and a heritage undiminished by the passage of the years.)
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