Detroit, Michigan: World's Largest Stove - Gone
An antique-style wood-burning stove that weighs 15 tons and stands 25 feet high. Built in 1893, it was dismantled in 1974, then un-dismantled in 1998. Destroyed by fire in August 2011.Michigan State Fairgrounds
- Directions:
- North side of downtown, on the Michigan State Fairgrounds. I-75 exit 59 onto Eight Mile Rd and head west.
- Hours:
- Fairgrounds closed 2009. Stove burned in 2011, lightning strike.
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The World's Largest Stove burned down on August 14, 2011 (Authorities believe it was hit by lighting.)
I guess that's happens when you build a stove out of wood.
[Michael Bauser, 08/14/2011]
World's Largest Stove Largest Stove in the World outside of Detroit.
[Ann Carden, 11/12/2008]Billed as the "Largest Stove in the World", the Michigan Stove Co.'s 1893 Columbian Exposition construction, was restored and re-erected at the Michigan State Fair on Aug. 24th 1998. Before there was a Uniroyal Tire in Detroit there was "The Stove." It is about 20'w. X 35'l. X 22'h. and weighs 15 tons.
[Blake Hayes, 09/01/1998]The giant stove of Detroit is on view at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit, Michigan. This is an antique replica of an old coal/wood burning stove, the manufacturing of which was a major industry in Detroit, before automobiles. Also, the giant tire near Detoit has picked up a giant nail!
[Dam Postellon, 08/29/1998]Nearby Offbeat Places
- Lake Shaped Like Michigan, Detroit, MI - < 1 mi.
- Curtis Museum at the House of Beauty Hair Mall, Detroit, MI - 4 mi.
- Hamtramck Disneyland - Folk Art, Hamtramck, MI - 4 mi.
- Polar Bear Memorial to Russian-Fightin' Doughboys, Troy, MI - 11 mi.
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The stove was 25-ft. tall, made of wood, for the Chicago World's Fair back in 1893. The World's Largest Tire weeps.