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Title: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: tabbyhatton on April 16, 2013, 04:56:08 PM: Found this metal object in the woods, it says PURITAN 42 Made in USA on it.

Can someone give me some history on this? Maybe a link for my to read up on it?

(http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q797/captzigzag/DSCN9986_zpsb8b36f3c.jpg)

(http://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q797/captzigzag/DSCN9984_zps89564d72.jpg)
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: mart on April 16, 2013, 06:11:02 PM: Need to figure out what it is before we can find history on it !! It looks like cast iron with thin metal sides,, is it ?? Does it have handles ?? Describe it please !!
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: fancypants on April 16, 2013, 06:18:53 PM: Looks like a rusted-out carcass of a Puritan #42 2-burner kerosene stove , to me , tabbyhatton ... circa late 1890's !
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: mart on April 16, 2013, 06:43:44 PM: Excellent Fancypants !! I couldn`t make heads or tales of whats left of it !!
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: mart on April 16, 2013, 07:06:56 PM: There was a two burner that was sold on Worthpoint but couldn`t see the pic !! Few other sites said they were classic camp stoves !! Maybe that's why it was in the woods !!
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: fancypants on April 16, 2013, 09:40:31 PM: Yup , ubetcha about being "frequent camp-stove used" , out in the boonies , mart !
Saw one in the 70's , in SW Missouri , I seem to recall (that id plate set off my memory on this one) , packed in a wooden crate with 4 legs removed for packing/stowage .
I don't remember if it was baked enamel or lampblacked , though .
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: Rauville on April 16, 2013, 10:07:01 PM: It's probably been a long time since anybody used these for heating laundry water in the back porch...but, I remember my Great Aunt having one for that purpose.
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: cogar on April 17, 2013, 04:24:05 AM: Great picture, fancypants. Loved it. ;D

Now that took a great imagination to repurpose that old bicycle.
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: bigwull on April 17, 2013, 09:38:54 AM: It took no imagination at all...that was nature at its best...see link to others

http://www.nowthatsnifty.com/2010/02/22-trees-growing-around-objects.html#.UW7BOUqOHLc
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: cogar on April 18, 2013, 03:16:56 AM: Quote from: bigwull on April 17, 2013, 09:38:54 AM
It took no imagination at all...that was nature at its best...see link to others

http://www.nowthatsnifty.com/2010/02/22-trees-growing-around-objects.html#.UW7BOUqOHLc

OK, I'll retract my comment, there is a better picture of it on the link you cited. In the picture that was posted it looked like it was almost centered in the trunk of the tree but it is not.

So yup, it was hung on a branch of that tree some 20+ years ago.
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on April 18, 2013, 12:21:57 PM: I remember seeing an old barrel band that had been stuck on a tree branch and the tree grew around it like that. The bike photo is fabulous!
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: bigwull on April 18, 2013, 12:47:23 PM: This is the tallest Hedge in the world..its a Beech hedge, stands 100ft high,..and its in Scotland...
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: fancypants on April 18, 2013, 05:01:01 PM: Here's one too ...
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: bigwull on April 18, 2013, 05:08:25 PM: Na, ya canny fool me...that,s Hendrix..... ;D
Title: Re: Puritan 42 - Questions....what is this....
Post by: bigwull on April 18, 2013, 05:15:48 PM: Helpppppppp!!