Spring colors frame some of the garden relics

Spring colors frame some of the garden relics

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

VIRGINIAN Ry Caboose Stove



Weighing a few hundred pounds, this cast iron stove was used in a Virginian Railway wood caboose of the C-1 class and built between 1906 and 1924. The donor caboose had been purchased from the N&W in 1960, a year after the VGN/N&W merger, and placed beside a private lake in Nottoway County, Virginia. After arriving at our Relic Garden in 2011, it has been repaired, cleaned and treated so it can continue to be useful for many more decades. It addition to cooking outdoor meals it is used by Charlotte as a wood fired kiln for her pottery work.

2 comments:

  1. I have one of these stoves and would like to know the value of it and any more information you can give.

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