Weird California
Weird California
Weird California - By Joe Parzanese

Addresses

Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns Map
Highway 395 13 Miles South of Lone Pine, 1 Mile East of 395
California

Lime Kilns of Big Sur Map
Limekiln State Park
Big Sur, California 93920

Olema Lime Kilns Map
Highway 1
Olema, California

Pogonip Lime Kilns and Rock Piles Map
Lime Kiln Trail
Santa Cruz, California 95060

UCSC Lime Kilns Map
936 Coolidge Drive
Santa Cruz, California 95064

Wildrose Charcoal Kilns Map
Charcoal Kiln Road
Death Valley, California 92328

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Back in the 1870s two giant charcoal kilns were built in order to turn wood into charcoal for the silver mine up at Cerro Gordo.
Back in the 1870s two giant charcoal kilns were built in order to turn wood into charcoal for the silver mine up at Cerro Gordo.

Kilns


Several historical kilns still stand throughout California, these varied and impressive structures often date back from the 19th century and were used to bring substances up to extremely high levels of heat for long periods of time.

At least five different sets of kilns still exist in California:

Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns Lime Kilns of Big Sur Santa Cruz Kilns, Rock Piles and Koi Pond Wildrose Charcoal Kilns

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