Sports & Games Archives | Bedrock of Beachville: The History of Our Limestone Quarries

Features of the Limestone Valley Trail: Kiln Shell

The kiln shell from the former site of Standard White Lime marks the trailhead of the Limestone Valley Trail. Kilns are machines used to transform limestone into quicklime […]

Features of the Limestone Valley Trail: Kiln Tyre

A recycled kiln tyre as a garden border along the Thames Valley Trail. Kiln tyres are significant components used in rotary kilns. It’s typically made of steel and […]

Trout Lake Quarry

This is an aerial view of the Trout Lake Quarry in Innerkip, Ontario. Once a quarry mined for limestone, it filled with spring water and is now used […]

A Secondary Pump

This is a secondary pump on the pit’s edge at Beachville White Lime in 1914. It would have run on gasoline and forwarded water from the pumphouse to […]

Memories of the Quarry: Marion Kilcup

In this audio clip, Kilcup discusses childhood memories of growing up around the Beachville quarries at a public presentation circa 1975. This audio clip is property of the […]

Quarry Workers at the Train Wreck

In this article, Bill Eluchok shares the stories of Arthur Budd. He describes Budd’s role at the quarry, his experience of trying to get to work as waters […]

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 […]

The Great Flood: Chemical Lime

This image shows the quarry pit filled with water at Innerkip Lime and Stone/Chemical Lime. Notice the mast of a submerged drill rig with its crown pulley reaching […]

A Satellite View of the Thames River Valley Limestone Deposits

This image shows the scale of the Beachville quarries. The Village of Beachville is marked at the top (in the east), and the Town of Ingersoll is labelled […]