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The World's Largest Stove was a roadside attraction build for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. It was destroyed in a fire in 2011.

Weighing 15 tons and bearing the seal of Garland Stoves and Ranges, it was built by the Michigan Stove Company. At the World's Fair, the large stove was placed on a platform above many normal-sized stoves.

After the fair, the stove spent time outdoors near Belle Isle, at the Detroit Historical Museum, and at the Michigan State Fairgrounds, where it burned in a fire in 2011.

Detroit Fire Department senior chief Michael Herron suspected that a lightening strike started the flames.