tarboat's photos with the keyword: mallieue

Mallieue Limekilns. These huge commercial running kilns could handle large quantities of stone. The inside of the pot absolutely dwarfed the tree that had somehow found its way inside. This view is taken through the draw hole into which I had climbed for a better look. The exterior of these kilns is in the next image .

A short distance from Liege and close to the Meuse there is a large and thriving quarry industry exploiting the limestone reserves in the area. There are several banks of large disused running kilns, dating, I think, from the early twentieth century. The finished product from this set would have been loaded into railway wagons on a siding where the street lamps now stand.