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This is an extremely rare stove. It was manufactured by P. Beckwith Company in Dowagiac Michigan. The Beckwith Round Oak stoves were very popular in its day but this one is very rare today. If you look closely you will see that the ash pit door is on the left, the main feed doors are in the front and the output stovepipe is on the right. This results in a counter clockwise draft flow. The stove became known as the Beckwith SideWinder. No one knows why Beckwith made this stove in this unusual configuration but perhaps it was to take advantage of the natural corriolus force that also drives water in North America to drain from your sink or toilet in a counterclockwise swirl. This stove is installed in my TV room and it has offered a great comfort and pleasant firelight particularly on snowy nights here in Colorado. It is a wonderful and very comforting stove.

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