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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 19, 2012
Caption: Historic Lime Kilns Site Diagram
Additional Description: Clues to the Past
All around lie traces of what was once a bustling lime manufacturing center. In the early 1890s the company employed about 40 men. Twenty worked the quarry and kilns, while others felled trees, made barrels, or drove wagons. Many lived in cabins along the creek. In later years 15 to 17 men were employed. Each kiln produced up to 1,000 barrels of lime per firing. The use of three kilns made for more efficient use of labor. While one was being loaded, another was being fired, and a third was cooling.
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Submitted: August 31, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p217797
File Size: 2.741 Megabytes

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