Brunton's Arsenic Calcining Kiln
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The photograph on this page of Brunton's Arsenic Calcining Kiln by Ashley Dace as part of the Geograph project.
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Brunton's Arsenic Calcining Kiln
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 24 Nov 2013
This is a nice, mostly complete calcining kiln. A waterwheel provided power for the gearing. A table rotated five times an hour heating the cassiterite ore to 600 degrees celsius. The cassiterite (tin ore) was collected off the table, the arsenic was condensed in a flue and scraped off. This view shows the coal grates.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.242556
Longitude
-5.240992