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Floyd Wells Bengal / wood-coal-gas stove / $450 (Norwalk, CT)
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Post# 879039   4/29/2016 at 17:44 (2,890 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)        

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Post# 879046 , Reply# 1   4/29/2016 at 18:19 (2,890 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)        

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A little pricy for a stove that old. These were either Bengal, Florence and a few others that had the same design in this area. Most had been converted to kerosene for heat and a max temp in the middle oven was about 275 on oil. Gas burner in the top and another under the oven. The extra knob is for bake/broil on the oven burners, both match light, which is illegal now just about everywhere. They were very popular around here but very few left.

Post# 879072 , Reply# 2   4/29/2016 at 22:33 (2,890 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

WOW! Thanks for the info, Tim. I was wondering about the broiler when I saw the solid lower panel. Seeing something like that makes me very glad for central heat which I had to turn back on during this spell of very cool, rainy weather. The great thing about it is that it allows me to still use the electric inside dryers. I like this better than springs where it warms up very fast and very hot. We are doing a little catching up on our 3 inch deficit of rainfall.

Post# 879075 , Reply# 3   4/29/2016 at 22:52 (2,890 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)        

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These type of stoves, Tom, were probably the first gas ones to have both burners in the oven, instead of one below in a broiler drawer. Many of the homes around here had a stove like that and the supplemental heat they made in the kitchen was nice on a frigid night in a non insulated house in the 1960's when the oil furnace never stopped running. My house is totally insulated and my heat is still coming on with lows still in the 20's. This is almost May, stop it, I want to open the windows.


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