Name/Title
Southside Limestone Crusher under ConstructionEntry/Object ID
2022.2.27.16Description
This is a picture of the Limestone Crusher under construction in 1907 by the Kelleys Island Lime & Transport Company.Use
The Southside Crusher was the first building to have power on Kelleys Island. The crusher was built with a section set aside to hold a generating plant. This generating plant was to provide power to the entire West Bay Quarry Operation.
Steam shovels in the quarry would load the limestone into dump cars headed for the crusher. The limestone, after being crushed, traveled across conveyor belts into storage bins. Shay locomotive steam engines were driven into the crusher building under the bins, so the rail cars could be filled with crushed limestone. The Shay locomotives then transported the crushed limestone onto the dock and into storage bins awaiting further transport.Context
Crushed limestone has many uses, such as, a railroad ballast, a road base, as a main ingredient in concrete and the smelting of iron ore. Kelleys Island Land & Transport Company (KIL&T) was once the main producer of lime in the world and from 1886 to 1942, they became the principal landowner and employer on the island.Location
* Untyped Location
Kelley's Island State Park
