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You may want to check my friends' thesis at University of Montana, Dan
Guard. He just completed his thesis on lime kilns. His email is
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Stacy Culpepper
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> From: Thomas Wheeler[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 1998 10:45PM
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> Subject: Lime Kilns
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> Dear Colleagues:
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> I am currently involved in a project recording a three chambered
> (pot)
> lime kiln, constructed in 1858, in Santa Cruz, California. This is an
> intermittent kiln, constructed of mortared limestone lined with two layers
> of fire brick. The kiln operated between 1858 and 1906 when they were
> stripped of their hardware for the construction of a new patent kiln at
> Rincon, California. The kilns are but a aingle element of a complex of
> facilites including waste dumps, a possible cooperage structure, collapsed
> wooden structures, and other facilities related to the later use of the
> property in cattle ranching
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> Of the three kilns one has collapsed, one is in fair condition and
> one is
> in good condition. The latter is still filled with unburned limestone with
> its arches still firmly in place. For the purpose of a National Register
> nomination, I would like to know if there other examples of complete,
> fully
> loaded lime kilns anywhere in the California or the U. S.
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> Any assistance with this question will be greatly appreciated.
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> Thank you,
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> Thomas Wheeler
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