| Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Valley City, Pike County, Illinois, USA |
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| Built/Founded: | c. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Valley City is a village in Pike County, Illinois, United States. Pike County is a County located in the US state of Illinois. As of 2000 the population is 17384 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. 1850[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | August 30, 1999[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 99000974 |
| Governing body: | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
The Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln is located near village of Valley City, Illinois in Pike County. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Valley City is a village in Pike County, Illinois, United States. Pike County is a County located in the US state of Illinois. As of 2000 the population is 17384 The periodic lime kiln is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a designation it gained in August 1999. A lime kiln is a Kiln used to produce quicklime by the Calcination of Limestone ( Calcium carbonate) The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of It is actually within the boundaries of the Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area. The Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 1140-acre (4 The kiln represents an example of an 1850s lime kiln, one of the best-preserved examples of such a kiln. Kilns are thermally insulated chambers or Ovens in which controlled temperature regimes are produced In its heyday the kiln's raw product would have been quicklime. Calcium oxide ( CaO) commonly known as burnt lime, lime or quicklime, is a widely used Chemical compound. [1] The kiln is one of twelve Pike County sites included in the National Register of Historic Places. Some other examples are the Lyman Scott House, in Summer Hill and the New Philadelphia Town Site, somewhere near Barry, Illinois. The Lyman Scott House, in Summer Hill Illinois, is one of two houses in Pike County listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Summer Hill is an Unincorporated community in Pike County, Illinois, USA. The New Philadelphia Town Site is the original site of the now-vanished town of New Philadelphia, Illinois Barry (formerly Worcester is a city in Pike County, Illinois, United States.
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Griggsville Landing
The lime kiln is about one quarter mile north of a town site once known as Griggsville Landing. Griggsville Landing Illinois, also known as Phillips Landing or Phillips Ferry is located in Valley City and was once called Flint. The Landing was a steamboat stop on the Illinois River, which started in the 1830s. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller The Illinois River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 273 miles (439 km long in the U It was home to a warehouse, a boat yard, hotel and a grist mill. A warehouse is a commercial Building for Storage of Goods. Warehouses are used by Manufacturers Importers Exporters A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis A gristmill or grist mill is a building where Grain is ground into Flour, or the grinding mechanism itself The lime kiln here is a remanent of a commercial operation that would have flourished when the steamboat stop at Griggsville Landing was operational. [1] Such commercial operations involving lime would become impossible after the U.S. Civil War as the lime industry became the target of industrial intensification. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Lime is a general term for various naturally occurring Minerals and materials derived from them in which Carbonates Oxides and Hydroxides of [1]
History
The Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln is one of the best-preserved periodic lime kilns found in the U. S. state of Illinois. When it was built is unknown but it has been established that it is likely it was constructed in the mid-1850s. [1] Local traditions hold that the Griggsville Landing kiln was used by English stonemason William Hobson. The craft of stonemasonry has existed since the dawn of Civilization - creating Buildings structures and Sculpture using stone from the earth It is said Hobson used the kiln in conjunction with the construction of homes, barns and stone arch bridges in the area during the 19th century. A barn is an agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace [1]
Kiln technology
The kiln at Griggsville Landing is known as a periodic kiln. The periodic kiln is an older technology which was used in the United States mostly before the Civil War. The technology utilized at Griggsville Landing, however, is far superior to the so called heap kilns used in lime production.
Heap kilns
A heap kiln is a fairly simple kiln. It is made by stacking alternating layers of wood, for fuel, and limestone blocks on the ground or in a pit. Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 The method is fast but highly ineffcient. Despite these drawbacks, the heap kiln was used as means of lime production in association with land clearing operations. Heap kilns inherent flaw lies in the impossibility of burn-quality control in the log heaps. The product that resulted from this method of lime production was often of variable quality and used for little other than fertilizer. Fertilizers ( also spelt fertiliser are chemical compounds given to Plants to promote growth they are usually applied either through the soil for uptake by plant Heap kilns were being replaced in the more urban parts of the country as early as 1818. [1]
Periodic kilns
The heap kiln went by the wayside as the periodic kiln came into vogue. Kilns are thermally insulated chambers or Ovens in which controlled temperature regimes are produced Periodic kilns are much more effcient than the log heap kiln that preceded them. The most effcient type of periodic kiln is a stone or brick walled vertical kiln. Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in and bound together by mortar, and the term "masonry" can also refer to the units themselves A brick is a block of Ceramic material used in Masonry construction laid using mortar. This walled vertical kiln is what appears at Griggsville Landing. The specific kiln at Griggsville has an opening at the base and at the top, with walls nearly three feet thick. The appearance of the walls of the Griggsville Landing Kiln suggests that they were either dry laid or laid with a mud mortar that has since been dusted away by time. The walls of the vertical kiln at Griggsville Landing rise 17 feet above the forest floor and the inside has a diameter of 13 feet. [1]
Other lime kilns
The Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln is one of only a few old lime kilns preserved across the state of Illinois. Some examples can be found in such places as, Maeystown, where a periodic vertical kiln remains, Kankakee River State Park in Will County, where pieces of an old lime kiln lie in an old limestone quarry. Maeystown is a village in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. Kankakee River State Park is an Illinois state park on primarily in Kankakee and Will Counties Illinois, United States. Will County is a County located in the northern part of the U A lime kiln is a Kiln used to produce quicklime by the Calcination of Limestone ( Calcium carbonate) Other kilns can be found in Ogle County, near Polo, where a stone kiln remains, a poorly preserved vertical kiln in Port Byron and a well-preserved kiln in Cordova, Illinois. Ogle County is a County located in the US state of Illinois. As of 2000 the population was 51032 Polo is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2477 at the 2000 census Port Byron is a village in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. Cordova is a village in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.
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Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Griggsville Landing Lime Kiln at Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area, Pike County, Illinois, Cultural Resource Program, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Retrieved January 22, 2007. Buffalo Grove Lime Kiln is one of two old Lime kilns in Illinois listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- ^ NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 22, 2007.
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