Title	J. J. Bart's Lime Kiln, San Benito County, California
Type of object	Photograph
Creator	David Dawson
Photograph date	1992-01-20
Physical description	Selenium toned gelatin silver print photograph (16 X 20 in.)
Description	Built circa 1875. "The kilns are upright, tapering towards the top, thirty-one feet high, and having a circumference at the level of the fireplaces of forty-two feet, with an inside diameter of four and one half feet at the same level. The charging floor is twenty one feet above the firing floor where the two fireplaces heat the kiln; the point of discharge is ten feet lower down. The kilns are two in number, and have a capacity of about fifty barrels each twenty-four hours, each kiln consuming two and one half cords of wood." --California State Mineralogist's Report #8, 1888
Subject	Lime kilns Lime industry
Region	San Benito County (California)
Collection	Dawson Lime Kiln Photograph Collection
Repository	Sonoma State University Library, Rohnert Park, California
Digital reproduction	Original archived at 300 dpi-Displayed in jpeg format at 75 dpi
Item number	DAW_12
Copyright holder	© David Dawson, all rights reserved
Copyright statement	Restrictions may apply. For more information see http://library.sonoma.edu/specialcollections/usingcollections/rights/
Date digitized	2006

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