SANTA CRUZ — During the second half of the 19th century up until the early 1900s, lime production from limestone was one of Santa Cruz”s most important industries and was critical to the early ...

Any decent-size farm in the limestone belt would have a lime kiln. The lime deposits here extend generally southwest to northeast through the county's middle. Farmers used hand-cut stone to build the ...

Ken Miller has been searching for and photographing the extant lime kilns of Lancaster County for decades. He always said he was going to write a book about them. He finally has done that. The result ...

A recently restored 19th-century lime kiln located in the heart of the Peak District has won an architecture award. The limestone-built structure – a Grade II-listed building – won the award for its ...