Lime Kiln on the Yangtze River

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Title: Lime Kiln on the Yangtze River
Caption: Lime Kiln
Identifier: SEFA_073
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p17
Description: This gives a close view of the lime kiln on the Yangtze River shoreline, depicting a great cascade of lime kiln dust (LKD) flowing from the rocky hillside to the water. A mine shaft can be seen half way down the cascade on the left side of the image.
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
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: Yangtze River Shoreline with Lime Kiln
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_073_Simpson Album p17 Lime Kiln.jpg

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