- Piedmont Charcoal Kilns
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Piedmont Charcoal Kilns
The three intact kilns and one mostly-destroyed one undergoing restoration in 2010
Nearest city: Hilliard, Wyoming Coordinates: 41°13′11″N 110°37′7″W / 41.21972°N 110.61861°WCoordinates: 41°13′11″N 110°37′7″W / 41.21972°N 110.61861°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1869 Architect: Byrne,Moses Governing body: State NRHP Reference#: 71000894[1] Added to NRHP: June 03, 1971 The Piedmont Charcoal Kilns in Piedmont, Wyoming are a remnant of a once-extensive charcoal-making industry in southwestern Wyoming. The kilns were built by Moses Byrne around 1869 near the Piedmont Station along the Union Pacific Railroad. The three surviving beehive-shaped kilns were built of local sandstone about 30 feet (9.1 m) in circumference and about 30 feet (9.1 m) high, with 24-inch (61 cm)-thick walls. A granite marker reads "Charcoal Kilns were built by Moses Byrne, 1869, to supply the pioneer smelters in the Utah Valley"[2][3]
Moses Byrne had settled in Piedmont about 1867. A builder, Byrne had built a number of Pony Express stations and stables. Byrne built five kilns at Piedmont in 1869. Most of Byrne's charcoal was shipped to the area around Salt Lake City (the Utah Valley) for use in small smelters and blacksmith shops. Two kilns have since been destroyed. Piedmont itself is a ghost town.[2][3]
The Piedmont Charcoal Kilns were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b Barnhart, Bill (1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Piedmont Charcoal Kilns". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/71000894.pdf. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Piedmont Charcoal Kilns". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/Site.aspx?ID=468. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
External links
- Piedmont Charcoal Kilns at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
National Register of Historic Places in Uinta County, Wyoming Other historic districts Downtown Evanston Historic District | Triangulation Point Draw Site District | Union Pacific Railroad Complex | Wyoming State Insane Asylum
Other properties Bridger Antelope Trap | ERT Bridge over Black's Fork | Fort Bridger | Piedmont Charcoal Kilns | A. V. Quinn House | St. Paul's Episcopal Church | Uinta County Courthouse | US Post Office-Evanston Main | Brigham Young Oil Well
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