Happy Thanksgiving

Enterprise Iron Duke cookstove

(Artefact #018999311)

Imagine how many Thanksgiving meals were cooked on this stove.

With 6 "burners", you could cook all the potatoes and vegetables while the turkey roasted in the oven and the pies stayed warm in the warming drawers at the top.

In addition to cooking, these stoves also provided heat to homes before central heating was common.

The Iron Duke stove was a popular name in the history of cookstoves. These stoves were a significant innovation, replacing traditional hearths and offering a more efficient and convenient cooking method.

Beginning in 1872, Enterprise Foundry, in Sackville NB, manufactured cast iron stoves and electric appliances. Over the years, the foundry changed owners and names several times. By 1962, it was the largest privately owned and second largest Canadian-owned stove company in Canada and by1975 400 people were employed there. After several difficult years, the company finally closed in 2012 after a fire.

Happy Thanksgiving from The Agricultural Museum of New Brunswick! If you are cooking Thanksgiving dinner on an Enterprise Iron Duke stove, please tell us about it.