Yangtze River Shoreline with Lime Kiln

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Title: Yangtze River Shoreline with Lime Kiln
Caption: Unidentified Hillside
Identifier: SEFA_067
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p15
Description: Taken from a boat on the Yangtze River, the image shows a lime processing operation on a distant shoreline. The limestone mining can be seen on the hillside above, while the lime kiln dust (LKD) can be seen cascading toward the water below. Two boats are moored nearby.
Commentary: Although there are lime kilns in Sichuan, the appearance of the river and EKS's route suggest a location downstream instead. David Crockett Graham mentions that there is a large lime kiln near Wuchang, which is across the Yangtze from Hankow.
Creator: E. Kyle Simpson
Date Created: 1913
Location: Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1791351/wuchang.html
Event: 1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage
Original Format: Photographic print
Relation: Lime Kiln on the Yangtze River
Is Part Of: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source: Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance: Curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-10-19
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
References: "The steamer stayed a short time at Wu Chang, which is near some of the great Chinese porcelain kilns. We bought some dishes to take with us to Szechwan."; David Crockett Graham, Autobiography, n/d.; 1913 Letter from Dr. E. Kyle Simpson, Chungking, West China

Item sets: Simpson-Estabrook Family Archives

Media: SEFA_067_Simpson Album p15 Unidentified Hillside.jpg

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