mar 1, 1652 - Cast Iron Box Stove

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"The earliest stove in North America was probably a cast iron box stove invented by Dr. John Clarke of the Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1652. This type of stove had originated in Holland and was imported into England after 1600. By the mid-1700s, cast iron box stoves were being manufactured by a number of eastern Colonial American foundries."

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https://www.achrnews.com/articles/87035-an-early-history-of-comfort-heating

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