The Carmeuse Limestone Quarry complex is a fairly large series of deep pits with some areas submerged in azure blue water. The company has 3 mills --2 currently operating--and numerous other outbuildings. Extending from the Northern town limits of Ingersoll ON to the Southern end of Beachville ON the complex winds its way through the Thames R valley. In its width we find it paralleling the Ingersoll Rd across the river to within approx 750 meters of the Governors Rd---more like 2 miles across at the widest point. Mind, the actual width is based on boundary lines---not the actual pits. Some of the submerged pits extend 135'...
The Company processes eveything from blocks to lime for the steel industries---
Weigh scale --- there were a couple of others in awkward corners
One "shut down"---oh really now--OK, maybe temporary---mill in the East end of the quarry
OK--Weathering can be pretty interesting---note the shut down mill with all kinds of rusting going on---and then there is this
Then there is there are things like this rotary kiln
BTW---watch out for lotsa stairs too
Oh, the quarries have solid walls
---and this wonderful sight
So have fun trying out some interesting stuff here
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Nice pics.Anyone planning to model a quarry should look at that pic of the walls. Sure would help in modeling.
Dave
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Great shots. Do yo work there or maybe a customer? Are you sure that is a rotary kiln or a ball mill? There appears to be another rotary next to it also going in the opposite incline. What are the range of products from these plants? I imagine crushed rock in several sizes and bulk or bagged lime dust.
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Pete
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locoi1sa Barry Great shots. Do yo work there or maybe a customer? Are you sure that is a rotary kiln or a ball mill? There appears to be another rotary next to it also going in the opposite incline. What are the range of products from these plants? I imagine crushed rock in several sizes and bulk or bagged lime dust. Thanks Pete
The kiln is basically what you see there---rotary. This quarry does a little of everything including block--about 8'X4'X4'. So what you mentioned is the same as what I had.
At one time the plant was more or less served by both CN and CP--although the CP side is now shut down
And just to add to the thing---check the weathering on these rails----
Nice pics! Especially the big blue swimming hole.
DavidGSmith Nice pics.Anyone planning to model a quarry should look at that pic of the walls. Sure would help in modeling. Dave
I read an article once where it said that ordinary drop ceiling tiles work well for straight rock faces such as what is in the picture. They're cheap too. A couple of 2x4 tiles, hacked up and their profiles stacked, should be enough for a good sized quarry.
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Thanks alot BC, now you've got me thinking of modeling a quarry. Walthers does make that Glacier Gravel company complex in N. I do know a guy who has built one, although his little leg things went into the side of a mountain, that was about 6 inches wide, and was a coal mine. Where I grew up there was a couple of quarries. I never knew it was there untill...oh say sophomore year of HS when one of the "gym" units was trap shooting with shot guns. The range was right next to the quarry, and I mean right next. Anyone who decided to be funny and hop the fence into the quarry had a nice 100 foot or more suprise waiting for them. Some times I tried to sneak over to the fence to see the machinery I could hear working but I never could, trees covered those spots. We usually got stuck behind a dump truck going to the range and when we left. I know I would model blocks but I'm not sure about the crushed stone. I need to do some research to find out what those quarries were even digging up.
Doughless DavidGSmith Nice pics.Anyone planning to model a quarry should look at that pic of the walls. Sure would help in modeling. Dave I read an article once where it said that ordinary drop ceiling tiles work well for straight rock faces such as what is in the picture. They're cheap too. A couple of 2x4 tiles, hacked up and their profiles stacked, should be enough for a good sized quarry.
I also seen some types of asphalt shingles being used--light colour only.
Another thing---the ROW's of both CN and CP can be peppered with Sweet Williams--apparently someone started seeding the ROW's around here---and/or Tiger Lily. Some of the ROW's through the complex can be somewhat Orange in colour when the Tiger Lilies come out---the effect can be pretty amazing. So don't throw out any of your fall colours just because someone once said flowers were overdone. Not around here are they overdone---they just HAPPEN.
And, yes, somewhere in my mess of pix I've got a mitfull of the dang things! LOL!!
Hey! I live 10 minutes from Carmeuse! It's quite the mine! Every once in a while my house shakes from the blasting.
Todd
OntarioTodd Hey! I live 10 minutes from Carmeuse! It's quite the mine! Every once in a while my house shakes from the blasting. Todd
I used to go to Broadway School in Woodstock---you must be familiar with that place!--and as a kid watch the pencils bounce off the desk because of the blasts. And they would have a fair number of them during the day----or even, night.