Kiln 5, Pitstone cement plant

Image: © Dylan Moore Taken: Unknown

This shows the Dry Process kiln system across an expanse of worked out marl pit. The picture was taken in 1977, before the second preheater stage was installed. The kiln started up in 1970 and shut down in 1991, after which the entire site was cleared. The centre section of the kiln was used to construct Padeswood kiln 4 (see Image). The stack was at SP9337214878. Rightwards from the stack, are the three parallel electrostatic precipitators, with dog-leg inlet ducts. Next come the three crusher/driers used to dry and roughly grind the very wet chalk/marl raw material, then the short preheater tower. Behind the kiln are silos for dried raw material, the rawmill and a set of rawmix blending silos. At the nearer (hot) end of the kiln, under an open sided canopy, part of the planetary cooler can be seen. In front of that, the triangular sectioned building is the 40,000 tonne clinker store. For more details, see http://www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_pitstone.html.

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