Norge-Heat Division oil furnace unit, base, Norge-Heat Division, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of an oil furnace at Norge-Heat Division of Borg-Warner Corporation in Kalamazoo, Michigan. View features the components in the lower section of the furnace unit including the motor assembly and blower fan. The photograph was taken for Norge-Heat, a division of Borg-Warner Coporation. According to two Kalamazoo Gazette articles, dated March 7, 1946 and August 5, 1952, the Norge-Heat division of Borg-Warner Corporation was established at Ingersoll Steel and Disc Plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan in March 1946. The new engineering department was an experimental program and produced domestic heating units and, later, expanded to produce plumbing and air conditioning activities.
Institution:
Western Michigan University Libraries
Collection:
Ward Morgan Collection
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Type:
still image