My Grandma sent a box full of antiques back from Manitoba with my Dad. The iron was one of the things that was in the box. The iron is made of metal and wood and it is very old and heavy. This iron was around before electricity was invented. To use it, people had to put it on a hot belly stove to warm it up. Because there was no electricity, they had to get the iron hot using the stove. A lot of ladies got together to iron so that they would have lots of