Piedmont Kilns - Piedmont, Wyoming
N 41° 13.194 W 110° 37.164
12T E 531902 N 4563238
The Piedmont Kilns are located near the ghost town of Piedmont, Wyoming.
Waymark Code: WMBMEG
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2011
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The Piedmont Kilns were used from 1869 through the early 1900s to make charcoal. Charcoal was the favored fuel source because it burns hotter, cleaner, and more slowly than wood.
With vast timber in the nearby mountains, Moses Byrne built the kilns to supply charcoal for the iron smelting industry in Utah. The kilns, conical-shaped are 30 feet across and 30 feet high. They are some of the best remaining, intact set of charcoal kilns in the region.
The charcoal kilns can be seen by traveling 7 miles south of Interstate 80 on a well maintained gravel road east of Evanston Wyoming.
Type of Oven / Kiln: Wood / Charcoal
Status: Historical Site
Operating Dates: 1869 - early 1900s
Additional Coordinate: N 41° 13.188 W 110° 37.189
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Signs about the Kilns and history of the area.
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