Waterloo stove

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77736

Waterloo stove More than 90% of the people in Newfoundland outports where I have lived used wood-burning stoves and the cutting and sawing the firewood into "junks" was a big part of the folk-life of the community. One of the most popular of wood-burning stoves was called the "_Waterloo_" (the trade name) which took "_junks_" or lengths of wood about two feet long. The even was separated (over) [reverse] from the main part of the stove by a "neck" which contained a draft control. A second draft control made of a rectangular piece of sheet metal was inserted in the length of stovepipe immediately above the oven. Those controls were used when the weather was windy to prevent the wood burning out too quickly, and also to trap flying sparks, called "_flankers_", which might blow about and start a fire if they fell on combustible material like dry grass or trees. DICT CEN. DNE-cit MAR 31 1970 [check] Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY reverse of card at w_14041 diagram included