Editing Lime kiln (section)

===United Kingdom===
The large kiln at Crindledykes near [[Haydon Bridge]], Northumbria, was one of more than 300 in the county. It was unique to the area in having four draw arches to a single pot. As production was cut back, the two side arches were blocked up, but were restored in 1989 by [[English Heritage]].

The development of the national rail network made the local small-scale kilns increasingly unprofitable, and they gradually died out through the 19th century. They were replaced by larger industrial plants. At the same time, new uses for lime in the [[chemical industry|chemical]], [[steel]] and [[sugar]] industries led to large-scale plants. These also saw the development of more efficient kilns.

A lime kiln erected at [[Dudley]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] (formerly [[Worcestershire]]) in 1842 survives as part of the [[Black Country Living Museum]] which opened in 1976, although the kilns were last used during the 1920s. It is now among the last in a region which was dominated by coalmining and limestone mining for generations until the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bclm.co.uk/map18.htm|title=The Limekilns - Black Country Living Museum|website=www.bclm.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
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Image:LimeKilnFroghall.JPG|alt=19th century limekilns at Froghall|19th century limekilns at [[Froghall]]
Image:Lime Kiln 1.jpg|alt=A preserved lime kiln in Burgess Park, London|A preserved lime kiln in [[Burgess Park]], London
File:Forrabury and Minster - old lime kiln, Boscastle - geograph.org.uk - 842707.jpg|alt=Old lime kiln, Boscastle, Cornwall|Old lime kiln, Boscastle, Cornwall
Image:Broadstone limekiln stonework detail.JPG|alt=A large limekiln at Broadstone, Beith, Ayrshire.|A large limekiln at Broadstone, Beith, Ayrshire
Image:Annery Kiln, Weare Gifford 1.jpg|The [[Annery kiln]] in Devon, England
Image:Limekiln Crindledykes 1992.jpg|alt=Large 19th-century single limekiln at Crindledykes near Housesteads Northumbria|Large 19th-century single limekiln at Crindledykes near [[Housesteads]] [[Northumbria]]
Image:Dumbarton castle and lime kiln.jpg|alt=Dumbarton castle in 1800 and functioning lime kiln with smoke in the foreground.|Dumbarton castle in 1800 and functioning lime kiln with smoke in the foreground<ref name="Stoddart">Stoddart, John (1800), ''Remarks on Local Scenery and Manners in Scotland.'' Pub. Wiliam Miller, London. Facing p. 212.</ref>
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