Marsden Lime Kilns [3 photos] in NZ40466439 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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Marsden Lime Kilns

A large nineteenth century range of industrial kilns, basically of two types. Seven complete and one semi-complete kilns are housed within a massive stone battery, having a total of 15 draw arches, each arch having 2 or 3 eyes. To the south of the range stand two detached circular sectioned brick built kilns wrapped about with iron bands. In front of the kilns stands the remains of a brick and concrete loading platform dating from the 1950s from which the lime was loaded into trucks on the railway which ran below. Limestone came from Marsden Quarries to the west of the site, coal from Whitburn Colliery (1874 - 1968). The kilns are probably of similar dates. Lime was taken away on the adjacent railway built in the 1870s by the Harton Coal Co., and extensively rebuilt in 1926. Both the kilns and the colliery closed in the 1960s but stone is still worked in the nearby quarry.
Tyne and Wear HER(1002): Link

Marsden Lime Kilns are a Scheduled Monument (List Entry Number: 1005911): Link

by Andrew Curtis

Created: Fri, 31 Jan 2020, Updated: Fri, 31 Jan 2020

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NZ4064 : Marsden Lime Kilns (detail) by Andrew Curtis

NZ4064 : Marsden Lime Kilns by Andrew Curtis

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