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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]