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Moses H. Tyler Company Lime Kiln and Quarry No. 1, Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana [1] Birdsall Lime Kiln , Decorah, Iowa, NRHP-listed Rockland, Maine , including NRHP-listed Rockland Residential Historic District and NRHP-listed Main Street Historic District (Rockland, Maine) , had numerous lime kilns along its shore.
From the 1850s to 1950s, the territory was closely linked to the history of the timber industry in Montgomery County, which had more sawmills than any other county in East Texas. From 1918 to 1964, the Grogan Cochran Lumber Company operated the final mill in the area before selling 2,800 acres to George Mitchell .
The beehive-shaped kilns are each about 20 feet (6.1 m) tall and 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter. When operating, each kiln used 30 to 40 cords of Douglas fir wood per load, producing about 1,500 to 2,000 bushels (70 cubic meters) of charcoal over a two-day burn. The kiln operation lasted for less than three years, employing 150 to 200 people at ...
The Meadow River Lumber Company, which operated in Rainelle, West Virginia from 1906 to 1975, was the largest hardwood sawmill in the world. It had three 9 feet (2.7 m) bandsaws under one roof. In 1928, during peak production, its 500 employees produced 31 million board feet (73 thousand cubic meters) of lumber , cutting 3,000 acres (12 km 2 ...
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Buffalo Grove Lime Kiln is one of two old lime kilns in Illinois listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The other is the Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln in Pike County. Buffalo Grove Lime Kiln is located near the Ogle County city of Polo. When in use, the kiln would have produced raw quicklime. The lime kiln was added to the National ...
Peter Houghtaling Farm and Lime Kiln is a national historic district located at West Coxsackie in Greene County, New York.The district contains eight contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures.
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