circa 1876
These lime kilns were built in the late 19th century for the purpose of making lime. Broken limestone was dumped into the top and heated to approximately 1500F degrees in the chambers or "pots". At this point the stone was calcined and chemically converted to quicklime, which was hauled by wagons to nearby farms and spread on the fields to sweeten the soil, or make it less acidic. This allowed the fertilizer to be more effective. Quicklime was also widely used to make mortar, plaster, and whitewash.HM Number | HM2IQB |
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Placed By | Shoppes at Belmont |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Saturday, July 13th, 2019 at 11:02am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 388239 N 4435923 |
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Decimal Degrees | 40.06616667, -76.31053333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 3.97', W 76° 18.632' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 3' 58.2" N, 76° 18' 37.92" W |
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