Nanping Lime Kiln

Date Captured June 21, 2024 at 09:50 UTC Camera Galaxy S23 Lens Samsung Galaxy S23 Rear Ultrawide Camera Aperture ƒ / 2.2 Shutter Speed 1/60 sec Focal Length 2.2 mm ISO 200 Exposure Value 8.2  EV Original Size 3000 × 2000

A lime kiln next to the old Provincial Highway 9 in the Nanping (南平) area of Fenglin. Built from stacked stone, this kiln was used to burn limestone into quicklime, initially for wall plaster and industrial processes, and later as a local source of betel nut lime (檳榔灰). The raw stone came from the beds of the Beiqingshui (北清水溪) and Zhiyagan (支亞干溪) rivers, hauled first by oxcart and later by motor transport. The kiln passed through several families before reaching its final operator, Li Guangwen (李光文), who suggested it was nearly 70 years old in a 2019 interview. It operated until at least the early 1990s. The structure still stands, but as of the mid-2020s it is in a dilapidated state unsafe to explore. Unlike the nearby Xikou Lime Kiln, it carries no heritage status.

Date Captured June 21, 2024 at 09:50 UTC Camera Galaxy S23 Lens Samsung Galaxy S23 Rear Wide Camera Aperture ƒ / 1.8 Shutter Speed 1/30 sec Focal Length 5.4 mm ISO 640 Exposure Value 6.6  EV Original Size 2400 × 3600

Date Captured June 21, 2024 at 09:51 UTC Camera Galaxy S23 Lens Samsung Galaxy S23 Rear Wide Camera Aperture ƒ / 1.8 Shutter Speed 1/60 sec Focal Length 5.4 mm ISO 800 Exposure Value 7.6  EV Original Size 2400 × 3600

A second source, which records the kiln as Lintian Lime Kiln (林田石灰窯), instead credits its founding to Li Yufa (李雨發), dating construction to 1959 and production to 1963, and attributes the 1993 closure to complaints over smoke. There is some chance there might be a third historic lime kiln in the area since these details do not align.