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Photographer: F. Robby
Taken: May 9, 2008
Caption: Tar Kiln Marker
Additional Description: The last kiln on Negro Mountain was abandoned about 1835. Kilns were used to extract Pine Tar from Pitch Pine. Dished stones similar to the one found just off South Wolf Rock Road, were the bases of tar kilns. Pitchy sections of resinous pine, including knots and cones, were stacked on these stones, then covered with earth and wet leaves. The stack was ignited. The heat caused the pitch to ooze out of th epine onto the stone and run off along the collecting groove to where it was gathered.
Submitted: June 8, 2008, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p25204
File Size: 1.109 Megabytes

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