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below as necessary. This would account for the 'walk way'; a way --967773369-880406840-1362069486=:87084 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi DaveThanks for the info - an interesting subject worthy of a museum. Another possibility has been forwarded from a man who has lived a long time= in the area.He says there is a deposit of yellow ochre somewhere near by. = This was used in the natural state mixed with oil for paint but for red och= re the yellow needed to be heated in a kiln. Red=A0was also mixed with oil = for paint and both were used extensively in the area. Yellow ochre had to b= e dried before it was mixed but I guess the sun would do that but a kiln mi= ght have helped.When the snow goes more details might revel themselves.Have= a nice winterPaul --- On Thu, 2/28/13, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Todays Walk To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Received: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 8:02 AM =0A=0A =0A =0A=0AHi Paul & All,=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 = =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =0A=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 Feb 28, 2013=0AThanks Paul. That= would be Martins River and just about on the county =0Aline.=0A=A0=0A=A0= =A0=A0=A0I agree that it does not look like a =0Agood=A0location for a ligh= thouse so a lime kiln sounds likely but it is hard =0Ato see why it would b= e so far from navigable water. =A0=0A=A0=0A=A0=A0=A0 I don't know the histo= rical details of lime =0Akiln use=A0but logically, limestone would be the m= aterial of choice for =0Atransport from quarry to near a point of use; quic= klime is very caustic, slaked =0Alime is caustic and both will be=A0lessene= d in effectiveness=A0by exposure =0Ato air.=0A=A0=0A=A0One would have to he= at the limestone rocks red hot for =0Ahours and would want to avoid ashes i= n the final product so, again logically, =0Athere would be an iron grid ont= o which the stones were piled and fire maintained =0Abelow as necessary. Th= is would account for the 'walk way'; a way to maintain the =0Afire. The sto= nes are cooked when the largest stones crush readily. This would be =0Aa di= fficult test when the stones were red hot so experience would be the =0Agui= de.=0A=A0=0A=A0=A0=A0 The initial product, quicklime, was used =0Afor prepa= ration of plaster (along with hair from short-tailed horses) and other =0Am= aterials such as=A0sharp sand and=A0 Plaster of Paris when available. =0AAl= so for lime mortar I think; used not only with rocks & bricks but with =0Aw= ood to build walls. =0A=A0=0A=A0=A0=A0 [I recall, as a preschool kid,. bein= g very =0Aimpressed that lumps of something, carefully added to a barrel co= ntaining water, =0Acould bring the water to a boil !]=0A=A0=0A=A0=A0=A0 Qui= cklime lumps, gradually exposed to water =0Abut not Carbon Dioxide, will fo= rm hydrated or slaked lime which is also what you =0Aget when quicklime is = added to water. =A0=0A=A0=0AYT, Dave Webster, Kentville=0A----- Original Me= ssage ----- =0A=0A From: =0A Paul =0A MacDonald =0A To: naturens@chebuc= to.ns.ca =0A Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 9:56 =0A AM=0A Subject: R= e: [NatureNS] Todays Walk=0A =20 =0A =0A =0A =0A Hi Dave=0A Coordinates are 44 29 228 by = 64 20 086 with the elev 21 m.=0A I wouldn't rule out a lighthouse as= it is at the top of an inlet - =0A most things on the=0A rai= lway are in this part of the world but it would not have been a =0A = very useful lighthouse.=0A We use to call lighthouses so positioned = as range lights and were =0A useful for fishing.=0A As in go = to a line between A and B and open out the range light! =0A Make a s= et there!=0A Not as accurate as GPS but a lot of fish were so caught= .=0A In discussion with a friend he opinioned that it might be a lim= e =0A kilm.=0A I'm not sure if they used lime stone or bones = for feed or perhaps =0A either to produce mortar lime for use in mak= ing stone cellars, chimneys =0A and so on. They were placed near the= water because the feed often came =0A by boat. Slacked lime seems t= o ring a =A0bell. There is another one =0A around on a point in the = bay. You might know more about this than I. or =0A perhaps someone c= an fill us in on the process.=A0=0A An interesting spot nevertheless= !=0A Paul=0A =20 =0A =20 --- On Wed, 2/27/13, David & Alison Webster =0A <dwebster@glinx.com>= wrote: =0A =20 From: =0A David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> Subject: Re: =0A [NatureNS] Todays Walk To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Received: =0A Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 4:33 PM =0A =0A =0A=0A =0A Hi Paul,=A0=A0=A0 = =A0=A0=A0 =0A =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 =0A =A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 Feb 27, =0A 2013=0A =A0=A0=A0 Can yo= u give exact or approximate =0A Google coordinates for this rock s= tructure ? Is it close enough to the =0A coast to have been the fo= undation of a lighthouse ?=0A Yt, DW=0A =0A --= --- Original Message ----- =0A From: Paul =0A MacDona= ld =0A To: Nature NS =0A =0A Sent: Wednesd= ay, February 27, =0A 2013 5:56 PM=0A Subject: [Nature= NS] Todays =0A Walk=0A =20 =0A =0A =0A =0A =0A = =0A =0A =0A = =0A Hi All =0A In the gro= ve was an old stone foundation or well =0A casing. I= t was about=0A 2 m in diameter and had a walk way in= to it. The =0A stone rose up about 1 m above the loc= al=A0=0A ground, As there was snow on the ground the= area =0A wasn't visible. The rock work was=0A = well done - no mortar - just the stones properly =0A = placed. Someone knew what they were doing.=A0Not impossi= ble it was =0A Acadian.=0A Pa= ul=0A =20 =0A No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus =0A Database: 2639/6101 - Release D= ate: 02/13/13 Internal Virus =0A Database is out of =0A date.=0A No viru= s found in this =0A message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus =0A Database: 2639/6101 - Release Date: 02/13= /13 Internal Virus Database is out =0A of date.=0A --967773369-880406840-1362069486=:87084 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"= top" style=3D"font: inherit;">Hi Dave<div>Thanks for the info - an interest= ing subject worthy of a museum.<br><div>Another possibility has been forwar= ded from a man who has lived a long time in the area.</div><div>He says the= re is a deposit of yellow ochre somewhere near by. This was used in the nat= ural state mixed with oil for paint but for red ochre the yellow needed to = be heated in a kiln. Red </div><div>was also mixed with oil for paint = and both were used extensively in the area. Yellow ochre had to be dried be= fore it was mixed but I guess the sun would do that but a kiln might have h= elped.</div><div>When the snow goes more details might revel themselves.</d= iv><div>Have a nice winter</div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>= --- On <b>Thu, 2/28/13, David & Alison Webster <i><dwebster@glinx.co= m></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 2px solid rgb(16,= 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: David & Alison W= ebster <dwebster@glinx.com><br>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Todays Walk<br= >To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>Received: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 8:02= AM<br><br><div id=3D"yiv718547073">=0A=0A =0A =0A<div>=0A<div><font size= =3D"2">Hi Paul & All, =0A &nb= sp; =0A = ; Feb 28, 2013</font></div>=0A<div>Thanks Pa= ul. That would be Martins River and just about on the county =0Aline.</div>= =0A<div> </div>=0A<div><font size=3D"2"> I agre= e that it does not look like a =0Agood location for a lighthouse so a = lime kiln sounds likely but it is hard =0Ato see why it would be so far fro= m navigable water. </font></div>=0A<div><font size=3D"2"></font> = ;</div>=0A<div><font size=3D"2"> I don't know the histori= cal details of lime =0Akiln use but logically, limestone would be the = material of choice for =0Atransport from quarry to near a point of use; qui= cklime is very caustic, slaked =0Alime is caustic and both will be les= sened in effectiveness by exposure =0Ato air.</font></div>=0A<div><fon= t size=3D"2"></font> </div>=0A<div><font size=3D"2"> One would ha= ve to heat the limestone rocks red hot for =0Ahours and would want to avoid= ashes in the final product so, again logically, =0Athere would be an iron = grid onto which the stones were piled and fire maintained =0Abelow as neces= sary. This would account for the 'walk way'; a way to maintain the =0Afire.= The stones are cooked when the largest stones crush readily. This would be= =0Aa difficult test when the stones were red hot so experience would be th= e =0Aguide.</font></div>=0A<div><font size=3D"2"></font> </div>=0A<div= ><font size=3D"2"> The initial product, quicklime, was us= ed =0Afor preparation of plaster (along with hair from short-tailed horses)= and other =0Amaterials such as sharp sand and Plaster of Paris = when available. =0AAlso for lime mortar I think; used not only with rocks &= amp; bricks but with =0Awood to build walls. </font></div>=0A<div><font siz= e=3D"2"></font> </div>=0A<div><font size=3D"2"> [I r= ecall, as a preschool kid,. being very =0Aimpressed that lumps of something= , carefully added to a barrel containing water, =0Acould bring the water to= a boil !]</font></div>=0A<div><font size=3D"2"></font> </div>=0A<div>= <font size=3D"2"> Quicklime lumps, gradually exposed to w= ater =0Abut not Carbon Dioxide, will form hydrated or slaked lime which is = also what you =0Aget when quicklime is added to water. </font></div>= =0A<div><font size=3D"2"></font> </div>=0A<div><font size=3D"2">YT, Da= ve Webster, Kentville</font></div>=0A<div>----- Original Message ----- </di= v>=0A<blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT:#000000 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;PA= DDING-RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;" dir=3D"ltr">=0A <div st= yle=3D"FONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4;"><b>From:</b> =0A <a rel=3D"nof= ollow" title=3D"paulrita2001@yahoo.com" ymailto=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yaho= o.com" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"/mc/compose?to=3Dpaulrita2001@yahoo.com">P= aul =0A MacDonald</a> </div>=0A <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;"><b>To:</b= > <a rel=3D"nofollow" title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" ymailto=3D"mailto:n= aturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"/mc/compose?to=3Dnaturens= @chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> </div>=0A <div style=3D"FONT:= 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 28, 2013 9:56 =0A AM</div>=0A= <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Todays Wal= k</div>=0A <div><br></div>=0A <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellp= adding=3D"0">=0A <tbody>=0A <tr>=0A <td valign=3D"top">Hi Dave= =0A <div>Coordinates are 44 29 228 by 64 20 086 with the elev 21 m.<= /div>=0A <div>I wouldn't rule out a lighthouse as it is at the top o= f an inlet - =0A most things on the</div>=0A <div>railway are= in this part of the world but it would not have been a =0A very use= ful lighthouse.</div>=0A <div>We use to call lighthouses so position= ed as range lights and were =0A useful for fishing.</div>=0A = <div>As in go to a line between A and B and open out the range light! =0A = Make a set there!</div>=0A <div>Not as accurate as GPS but a l= ot of fish were so caught.</div>=0A <div>In discussion with a friend= he opinioned that it might be a lime =0A kilm.</div>=0A <div= >I'm not sure if they used lime stone or bones for feed or perhaps =0A = either to produce mortar lime for use in making stone cellars, chimneys = =0A and so on. They were placed near the water because the feed ofte= n came =0A by boat. Slacked lime seems to ring a bell. There i= s another one =0A around on a point in the bay. You might know more = about this than I. or =0A perhaps someone can fill us in on the proc= ess. </div>=0A <div>An interesting spot nevertheless !</div>=0A= <div>Paul</div>=0A <div><br></div>=0A <div><br><br>--= - On <b>Wed, 2/27/13, David & Alison Webster =0A <i><dwebster= @glinx.com></i></b> wrote:<br>=0A <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEF= T:rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;"><br>From: =0A= David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com><br>Subject:= Re: =0A [NatureNS] Todays Walk<br>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>= Received: =0A Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 4:33 PM<br><br>=0A = <div id=3D"yiv718547073">=0A <style></style>=0A=0A = <div>=0A <div><font size=3D"2">Hi Paul, &n= bsp; =0A &= nbsp; =0A = Feb 27, =0A 2013</font></div>=0A <div><font size=3D"2">&= nbsp; Can you give exact or approximate =0A Google coo= rdinates for this rock structure ? Is it close enough to the =0A c= oast to have been the foundation of a lighthouse ?</font></div>=0A = <div><font size=3D"2">Yt, DW</font></div>=0A <blockquote style=3D= "BORDER-LEFT:#000000 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-LE= FT:5px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px;" dir=3D"ltr">=0A <div style=3D"FONT:10p= t arial;">----- Original Message ----- </div>=0A <div style=3D"F= ONT:10pt arial;BACKGROUND:#e4e4e4;"><b>From:</b> <a rel=3D"nofollow" title= =3D"paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul =0A MacDonald</a> </div>=0A = <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a rel=3D"nofollow" titl= e=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">Nature NS</a> =0A </div>=0A = <div style=3D"FONT:10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 27, = =0A 2013 5:56 PM</div>=0A <div style=3D"FONT:10pt ari= al;"><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Todays =0A Walk</div>=0A = <div><br></div>=0A <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cel= lpadding=3D"0">=0A <tbody>=0A <tr>=0A = <td valign=3D"top">=0A <div id=3D"yiv718547073">=0A = <table id=3D"yiv718547073bodyDrftID" class=3D"yiv718547073" = border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">=0A <tb= ody>=0A <tr>=0A <td style=3D"FONT-F= AMILY:arial;FONT-SIZE:10pt;" id=3D"yiv718547073drftMsgContent">Hi All =0A = <div>In the grove was an old stone foundation or well= =0A casing. It was about</div>=0A = <div>2 m in diameter and had a walk way into it. The =0A = stone rose up about 1 m above the local </div>=0A = <div>ground, As there was snow on the ground the area =0A = wasn't visible. The rock work was</div>=0A = <div>well done - no mortar - just the stones properly =0A = placed. Someone knew what they were doing. <span styl= e=3D"FONT-SIZE:10pt;">Not impossible it was =0A Acad= ian.</span></div>=0A <div>Paul</div>=0A = <div><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody= ></table><a rel=3D"nofollow"></a>=0A <p align=3D"left">No virus = found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_b= lank" href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2013.0.2899 /= Virus =0A Database: 2639/6101 - Release Date: 02/13/13<br>Inter= nal Virus =0A Database is out of =0A date.</p></blockquote>= </div></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></tbody></table><a rel=3D"nofollow= "></a>=0A <p align=3D"left">No virus found in this =0A message.<br>Checke= d by AVG - <a rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.avg.com= ">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus =0A Database: 2639/6101 = - Release Date: 02/13/13<br>Internal Virus Database is out =0A of date.</p= ></blockquote></div>=0A</div></blockquote></div></div></td></tr></table> --967773369-880406840-1362069486=:87084--
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