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  2. Lime kiln - Wikipedia

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    A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide). The chemical equation ...

  3. List of lime kilns in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mitchell P. Howes' Lime Kiln and Quarry, Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana [1] Samuel Starkweather's Lime Kiln and Quarry, Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana [1] Moses H. Tyler Company Lime Kiln and Quarry No. 1, Utica Township, Clark County, Indiana [1] Birdsall Lime Kiln, Decorah, Iowa, NRHP-listed; Rockland, Maine, including NRHP ...

  4. Limepit - Wikipedia

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    Lime pit in Judaea. A limepit is either a place where limestone is quarried, or a man-made pit used to burn lime stones in the same way that modern-day kilns and furnaces constructed of brick are now used above ground for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO 3) and by which quicklime (calcium oxide, CaO) is produced, an essential component in waterproofing and in wall ...

  5. List of lime kilns - Wikipedia

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    Lime Kiln Remains, Ipswich; Pipers Creek Lime Kilns; Raffan's Mill and Brick Bottle Kilns; There were a number of lime kilns at Wool Bay, South Australia. One kiln remains and was listed along with the jetty under the name of Wool Bay Lime Kiln & Jetty on the South Australian Heritage Register on 28 November 1985. There also are or were lime ...

  6. Lime (material) - Wikipedia

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    Lime is an inorganic material composed primarily of calcium oxides and hydroxides. It is also the name for calcium oxide which is used as an industrial mineral and is made by heating calcium carbonate in a kiln. Calcium oxide can occur as a product of coal-seam fires and in altered limestone xenoliths in volcanic ejecta. [1]

  7. Kiln - Wikipedia

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    Roller kiln: A special type of kiln, common in tableware and tile manufacture, is the roller-hearth kiln, in which wares placed on bats are carried through the kiln on rollers. In the intermittent kiln, the ware is placed inside the kiln, the kiln is closed, and the internal temperature is increased according to a schedule. After the firing is ...

  8. Hoffmann kiln - Wikipedia

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    The Hoffmann kiln is a series of batch process kilns. Hoffmann kilns are the most common kiln used in production of bricks and some other ceramic products. Patented by German Friedrich Hoffmann for brickmaking in 1858, it was later used for lime-burning, and was known as the Hoffmann continuous kiln.

  9. Limekiln State Park - Wikipedia

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    It contains four lime kilns from an 1887–1890 lime-calcining operation, plus a beach, redwood forest, and 100-foot (30 m) Limekiln Falls. [1] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Lucia on Big Sur Coast Highway. The 711-acre (288 ha) park was established in 1994. [2]