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Word: riteway (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1977-1977
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...leading manufacturers and importers of wood-burning stoves (prices range from $75 to $1,000 and up) report that they are sold out for months to come. Even so, an estimated 500,000 wood stoves-$150 million worth-will be installed in the U.S. this year alone. Riteway Manufacturing Co., of Harrisonburg, Va., one of the leading makers of wood-burning stoves, has doubled production in the past year, and is preparing to build a new plant. At the Whole Earth Access Store in Berkeley, one of the West Coast's biggest retailers, October stove sales were five times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Back-to-Wood Boom | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

...circulating heaters are the variety most in demand, both because of the amount of heat they deliver and their ease of operation with thermostatic controls. International Troubadour Bill Crofut (he sings in 27 languages) has installed three American-made log burners in his Wilton, Conn., home. With a $425 Riteway Model 37, Steven and Mary Ahlgren have used nothing but wood for the past six years to heat their five-room, multilevel house in Sanbornton, N.H. During last winter's arctic siege they cut all their own wood-four cords. Says Mary: "Our heating bill is always a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Back-to-Wood Boom | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

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