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Summary Michigan landmark first displayed at World's Fair in Chicago in 1893.
The giant Michigan Stove, a historic landmark, sits in cinders after a fire apparently burned it to its frame on the locked groundsof the State Fair in Detroit.A fire has destroyed the worlds largest stove Saturday, a Michigan landmark standing at the Michigan state fairgrounds.Fire investigators believe lightning sparked the fire Saturday night. The stove was a total loss.Built by the Michigan Stove Company, it was first displayed at the Worlds Fair in Chicago in 1893.The oak stove weighed 15 tons and stood 25 feet high.In 1998, the dismantled stove was pulled out of storage and reassembled at the fairgrounds along Woodward, near 8 mile.Before the automotive boom, Detroit was home to five major stove-making companies, and was called the Stove Capital of the World.
