Download or read book The Story of Lime and the Lime Kilns of Lancaster County written by Kenneth G. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lime is a white, powdery substance widely used in construction, agriculture, and industry. It is manufactured by heating limestone. Small amounts may be produced in an open fire but more effectively when enclosed. Early pits were lined with stone and in time enclosed in an oven or kiln. The 19th-century lime kiln, of Roman design, was a large "pot" dug into a hillside, surrounded by a stone box resembling a huge fireplace. Many thousands were built in the Susquehanna River valley. During settlement of "Penn's Woods," large tracts were subdivided many times, and by 1925 we find 12,000 farms in Lancaster County alone, and nearly every farmer wanted to produce his own lime to sweeten the fields and make mortar, plaster, and whitewash. In the most recent record, the 1875 county atlas, we find more than 500 kilns, a peak time for "do it yourself" lime burning. Commercialization relieved the farmer of the hard and dangerous work of lime burning, and the kilns fell idle around the turn of the century. Today we find evidence of 128 extant kilns in the county. Some are little more than remnants of former stonework, but others remain sturdy and sound. Their photos in this book reveal the art and labor of our ancestors who played a major role in the development of our nation.
Download or read book Lime Kiln Legacies written by Frank A. Perry and published by Museum of Art & History @ the McPherson Center. This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lancaster County Pennsylvania a History written by Harry Martin John Klein and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Lancaster County Pennsylvania written by Franklin Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 1494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society written by Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes minutes of the Society's meetings.
Download or read book A Brief History of the Manufacture and Use of Lime written by Kenneth Rozen and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Origin of the Place Names in Nine Northwestern States written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster written by William Farrer and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago North Western and Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha Railways written by Chicago and North Western Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago North Western and Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha Railways written by William H. Stennett and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster written by Edward Baines and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Old Lime Kiln written by Robert Erroll and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lancaster Bar written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Search of Lime Kilns in Warren County written by Gladys Harry Eggler and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Farmer s Cabinet and American Herd Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Farm Journal Devoted to Agriculture Horticulture and Rural Economy written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
