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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.
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 ...
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 Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company operated the world's largest limestone quarry (Michigan Limestone; a/k/a the "Calcite Quarry"; "Calcite Plant and Mill"; and "Carmeuse Lime and Stone"), which is located near Rogers City in Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was formed and organized in 1910; however, production did not begin until 1912.
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By 1912, the company included operations in Canton and Perry County, Ohio, referred to as the Somerset Plant. Operations were consolidated under one company, The Belden Brick Company. [ 4 ] Between 1909 and 1920, the company acquired an additional brick making operation in Uhrichsville, OH , a majority interest in the Belden Face Brick Company ...
The Milwaukee Falls Lime Company incorporated in 1890, and assumed and expanded operations at the Grafton quarry that had begun in 1845. Between 1890 and 1893, the company constructed five wood-burning lime kilns near the quarry to produce quicklime from the dolomite of the Racine formation found just beneath the top soil along the west bank of the Milwaukee River.
The kiln represents an example of an 1850s lime kiln, one of the best-preserved examples of such a kiln. In its heyday the kiln's raw product would have been quicklime. [2] The kiln is one of twelve Pike County sites included in the National Register of Historic Places. Some other examples are the Lyman Scott House, in Summer Hill and the New ...