Turn of the Century Limestone Quarry

(All photos taken by @paradigm42)
Once upon a time hundreds of millions of years ago, New York State was at the bottom of a tropical sea. In this tropical sea over many a millennia, Limestone a sedimentary rock formed from layers of organic life settling to sea floor as it died.
In the early 1900s, this area was mined for the abundant supply of limestone found here.

Since ancient times many uses have been found for Limestone such as building supplies when cut or crushed, as well as mortar and a rudimentary cement when fired in a kiln with other materials. Limestone is in large part made up of calcite which has base qualities, because of this quality it can also be used in agriculture to neutralize high acid content in soil. Once fired in a kiln it is broken down to calcium carbonate for this use. Limestone in powder form can also be used as a filler in many different products like paint and paper, as well as plastics. Limestone also has qualities that make it useful in coal mining as well as coal burning by filtering out some of the pollutants from both processes.

This is a Limestone kiln near the quarry that was abandoned almost a century ago. It was used to fire the limestone mined here for some of the uses mentioned above.

As nature has gradually taken back this area over the last one hundred years, it has become a pretty and interesting spot off the beaten path to see, and one of my favorite spots to visit. I hope you have enjoyed visiting it with me!

All Limestone info taken from;
https://geology.com/rocks/limestone.shtml