As the Michigan Stove Company factory superintendent, Keep designed the World's Largest Stove for the 1893 Chicago's World Fair.
The vice president of the company George Harrison Barbour came up with the idea of making a giant stove and had woodcarvers construct and carve the mammoth 15 ton replica according to Keep's designs.
As the Michigan Stove Company factory superintendent, Keep designed the World's Largest Stove for the 1893 Chicago's World Fair. The vice president of the company George Harrison Barbour came up with the idea of making a giant stove and had woodcarvers construct and carve the mammoth 15 ton replica according to Keep's designs.
William J. Keep