Stoves And Ranges Used At Sea
Stoves and ranges used at sea have frwo peeuliarities. One is that the doors are made to turn down and not to swing and have fastenings to hold them securely when they are shnt, so that they can 't possibly iiy open. Tho other peculiarity is in the rack on top. It is elevated f our or flve inches and runs around the edge of the stove to keep the pots and kettles from sliding off. Some stoves and ranges used afloat are also provided with erossrods which run from the fixed rod at the back of the stove to the rod in front across the top of the pots and kettles and hold them down and keep them from shift - ing. They are used in very heavy weather or when the ship is rolling. For some reason these erossrods are more used on British than they are on American ships. When a vessel is in port the front rail of the rack is usually taken out, and then the cook has an easy access to the top of the stove as he would have with a stove
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