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Arthur Lightheart Recalls a Loose Load

In this audio clip, Lightheart describes a risky incident his brother and Fred Downing experienced going up a ramp with a load of stone to the top of […]

Cole & Hacker Quarry

Cole & Hacker was a recognized dealer in lime and building stone. The company hired hands to mine, burn, and transport limestone. It was heavily intertwined with other […]

Standard White Lime Pit

The image depicts a set of 24 large silos standing on the edge of Standard White Lime’s large quarry pit.

The Derrick on its Tracks

This image shows the derrick in action in 1910. The boom arm lifts full buckets of stone into a waiting freight car at the north edge of the […]

A Set Kiln from West of Beachville

An average set kiln measured about 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide. It was built into the side of a hill so the horses and wagons transporting […]

Innerkip Lime and Stone

This image shows the gas-fired kilns at Innerkip Lime and Stone Company in 1939. This company started with 2 coal-fired kilns in 1929. These were likely built in […]

John Downing on the Porch of his Home in Beachville

John Downing (April 1, 1849 – April 14, 1938) was born in Parkham, Devon. He immigrated to Canada with his family at age 2. As a schoolboy, he […]

Tracks in the Pit

A faded black and white photograph of a work crew outside looking down on a group of horses attached to wooden carts along a track.

The Great Flood: Gypsum Lime

This image shows a quarry building and conveyor under water at Gypsum Lime and Alabastine after the Great Flood in 1937.

Pumphouses

Whether these pools of water result from heavy rainfall or digs towards groundwater reserves, the pumping station on the right is set up to direct the water out […]

Carmeuse Lime Limited Beachville Operation

The image shows Carmeuse Lime Limited‘s present-day limestone operation in Beachville at sunset, seen from the southeast on County Road 6. The Beachville White Lime Company initially mined […]

Beachville District Museum

Beachville District Museum operates out of one of Beachville’s historic limestone structures – the former residence of the Downing family. The first floor was constructed of colourful fieldstone […]