THE KILN AT SHOWSLEY, WAS THIS FOR LIME, BRICKS OR CALCINING ? - The SMJ Society2024-03-29T11:16:29Zhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/forum/topics/the-kiln-at-showsley-was-this-for-lime-bricks-or-calcining?commentId=3138568%3AComment%3A44538&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI came across a reference to…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2013-01-15:3138568:Comment:445472013-01-15T18:04:11.789ZStephenhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/Stephen
<p>I came across a reference to the 'kiln' in one of the ES Tonks books.</p>
<p>I believe I had said previously that the 'kiln' was a brick kiln on another thread. I was wrong</p>
<p>The 'kiln' looks like a brick kiln but was going to be used as a calcining kiln for the ironstone. I assume had the building been used for calcining ironstone the stone would have been barrowed in.</p>
<p>I would have thought that it would have been a very smokey environment and not much stone would have calcined.…</p>
<p>I came across a reference to the 'kiln' in one of the ES Tonks books.</p>
<p>I believe I had said previously that the 'kiln' was a brick kiln on another thread. I was wrong</p>
<p>The 'kiln' looks like a brick kiln but was going to be used as a calcining kiln for the ironstone. I assume had the building been used for calcining ironstone the stone would have been barrowed in.</p>
<p>I would have thought that it would have been a very smokey environment and not much stone would have calcined. I don't know what the dimesions of the building were. It is somewhat small.</p>
<p>I have had experience of working with calcining iron ore and it is a filthy horrible working environment.</p>
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<p>Stephen</p> Hello Stephen, can you shed…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2013-01-14:3138568:Comment:445382013-01-14T19:38:45.761ZNIGELhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/NIGELALANFURNISS
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<p>Hello Stephen, can you shed some more light on this, do you know when this kiln was erected ?</p>
<p>Do you have family or friends who know about this kiln ?</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p>
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<p>Hello Stephen, can you shed some more light on this, do you know when this kiln was erected ?</p>
<p>Do you have family or friends who know about this kiln ?</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p> If I can add to this discussi…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2013-01-09:3138568:Comment:447022013-01-09T11:04:08.449ZStephenhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/Stephen
<p>If I can add to this discussion.</p>
<p>I believe that the kiln at Showsley is or rather was a calcine kiln, it resembles a brick kiln, but it was never used for calcining. It was used as a workmans mess room.</p>
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<p>Hope that helps</p>
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<p>Stephen Robbins</p>
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<p>If I can add to this discussion.</p>
<p>I believe that the kiln at Showsley is or rather was a calcine kiln, it resembles a brick kiln, but it was never used for calcining. It was used as a workmans mess room.</p>
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<p>Hope that helps</p>
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<p>Stephen Robbins</p>
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<p> </p> tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2013-01-08:3138568:Comment:444932013-01-08T18:03:35.656ZNIGELhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/NIGELALANFURNISS
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490440215?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490440215?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490440215?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490440215?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p> This is from the BULLETIN OF…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2013-01-08:3138568:Comment:444872013-01-08T17:42:29.826ZNIGELhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/NIGELALANFURNISS
<p>This is from the BULLETIN OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN CBA GROUP 9, JAN 1969.</p>
<p>This is from the BULLETIN OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY IN CBA GROUP 9, JAN 1969.</p>