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Photographer: Trev Meed
Taken: Circa 2015
Caption:
The original Charcoal Kilns Marker | Additional Description:
Photo Captions:
Upper Left:
The stumps of trees cut to fuel the kilns more than a century ago can still be seen on nearby mountainsides.
Lower Left:
The kilns stand twenty-five feet high and are thirty feet in diameter; each could hold more than four cords of wood. the process of turning Pinyon logs into charcoal took up to two weeks.
Upper Right:
A Navajo restoration team stabilized the kilns in 1971. The Civilian Conservation Corps performed similar work on the kilns in the 1930's.
Submitted: October 12, 2015, by Trev Meed of Round Mountain, Nevada.
Database Locator Identification Number: p333219
File Size: 0.391 Megabytes
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