Wildflowers and Vines Surround the Loyalsock Stonework Lime Kiln

by Gene Walls

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Wildflowers and Vines Surround the Loyalsock Stonework Lime Kiln

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Gene Walls

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This is a furnace, known as a lime kiln. It was used to convert limestone into "quick lime". The lime produced here was used as soil fertilizer, was made into white-wash and was a key element in the making of plaster. The powered lime was also used as a very common deodorant for the "little house out back". Quarried limestone was also used, along with coal or charcoal, combined with iron ore to produce pig iron.

This beautiful old local landmark was thankfully saved when Route 180 was built in central Pennsylvania during the mid 1980's. The highway was constructed with the north and southbound traffic lanes spaced far enough apart to allow the furnace to remain standing in the widened median area, right between the opposing traffic lanes.

I understand that there had been an effort to have this site listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, but the application was never approved. (...what a disappointment!)

This photograph was captured on Saturday, June 5th, 2010, along RT-180 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The site is located between Montoursville and Williamsport, PA.

The photo was captured with a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L lens on a Canon EOS 10D DSLR body. The aperture was set to f/19, shutter speed 1/60th second at the 24mm focal length, ISO 200.

This HDR image was processed in Photomatix 3.2. It is a single frame that was saved as four separate exposures, then re-combined using Photomatix Pro HDR software.

© 2010 Gene Walls

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September 10th, 2013

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