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Lime kilns in Scotland (10 P) Lime kilns in Wales (3 P) Pages in category "Lime kilns in the United Kingdom" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
The Minera Limeworks were once the largest lime workings in the north of Wales. Limeburning at Minera is recorded from as early as 1620 [2] but the Minera Lime Company was established in 1852. The total output from the Minera area quarries was estimated, in 1859, to be around 300,000 tons, with 200,000 tons of this converted to lime.
Pages in category "Lime kilns in England" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Annery kiln; B.
In former years it was a major supplier of limestone for railway track ballast purposes. A lime-burning kiln at the site was closed for a while in 2006 after testing showed quicklime dust was escaping into the atmosphere. The kiln, which produced 200,000 tonnes of quicklime a year for use in the steel industry, required £300,000 of investment ...
Llanymynech Hoffmann lime kiln Lime kilns and chimney Reconstructed tramway Sculpture at Llanymynech Heritage Area. Llanymynech Heritage Area is an historic former lime kiln, quarry and industrial site near the village of Llanymynech, Shropshire in the Welsh Marches. The site is adjacent to the A483 road and close to the Montgomery Canal.
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At the centre of the works is the bank of eight lime kilns. The original six kilns were draw kilns with a continuous retaining wall 6.3 m (20.7 ft) high along the front, with concrete buttresses between each kiln. The kilns extend to a further 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) above the retaining wall.
The standing remains of two batteries of flare kilns (1867 and 1872) with later Dietzsch kilns (1887 and 1897), and a Smidth kiln of about 1901, also still standing. All of the standing lime kilns are Listed Buildings Grade II. [7] In 1870 a Southern Battery of six flare kilns were built to make 'Selenitic' cement.