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Lime Kiln Complex
Limeburners Point Hearne Road, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B1637
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The five surviving lime kilns at Limeburners' Point on Corio Bay may have been established as early as 1841, as Taylor and Bouchier are recorded as producing building lime form available limestone and sea shells in December 1841. In 1852 George Cakebread, a Geelong bricklayer, acquired the site and developed the industry, supplying the Western District. The kilns are built of brick and stone as hopper chambers in the face of the cliff, facilitating top loading and bottom tunnel
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B1637
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