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Hunterdon County's forgotten lime industry : a working guide

Title
Hunterdon County's forgotten lime industry : a working guide / [Frank A. Curcio].
Author
Curcio, Frank A.
Publication
Flemington, New Jersey : Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission, 2006.

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Additional Authors
Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission (N.J.)
Description
vii, 132 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 27 cm
Subject
  • Limestone industry > New Jersey > Hunterdon County
  • Limestone mines and mining > New Jersey > Hunterdon County
  • Limestone industry
  • Limestone mines and mining
  • Hunterdon County (N.J.) > History
  • New Jersey > Hunterdon County
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Author from cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographic references (p. 123-132).
Contents
THE BACK STORY: Limestone -- Lime burning begins -- THE LIME PROCESS: Quarrying -- Lime burning defined -- Lime kilns -- Quicklime production -- Staked or hydrated lime -- THE FORMS AND USES OF LIME: Basic lime -- Mortar, plaster, render, whitewash -- Argricultural lime -- HUNTERDON'S LIME INDUSTRY: Background -- Economics of colonial Hunterdon -- Hunterdon's lime industry begins -- HUNTERDON'S MAJOR INDUSTRY BEGINS: Clinton Village -- Annandale Village -- Lebanon Township and Environs -- HUNTERDON'S OTHER LIME SITES: Bethlehem Township -- Bloomsbury -- Clinton Township -- High Bridge -- Holland Township -- Readington Township -- Tewksbury Township -- Union Township.
OCLC
  • ocm79874364
  • 79874364
  • SCSB-1444002
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library