Old Iron Town Charcoal Kiln
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brwhiz
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This Charcoal Kiln is located just inside gthe entrance of Old Iron Town State Park Historic Site on Iron Town Road southwest of Utah Highway 56, west of Cedar City, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMGNVZ
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2013
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The interpretive sign in front of the Charcoal Kiln reads:
The Charcoal Kiln
Charcoal was the fuel of choice for the iron works at Iron City. Charcoal is created by burning or smoldering wood in an oxygen-reduced environment. Workers stacked piles of juniper and pinyon inside the beehive-shaped kilns and lit fires underneath. The holes you see in the far wall could be plugged or opened as needed to increase or decrease air circulation. It took approximately 12 days for one kiln to produce 50 bushels of charcoal. This provided enough fuel to process one ton of iron ore. Iron City originally had two kilns. However, due to the destructive power of weather and looters, only this one remains.