Charcoal kiln, Prescott, Mass.

Dublin Core

Title

Charcoal kiln, Prescott, Mass.

Subject

Charcoal industry--Massachusetts--Prescott; Coal trade--Massachusetts--Prescott; Fuel trade--Massachusetts--Prescott; Charcoal kilns--Massachusetts--Prescott

Description

Image of an older man standing before the opening of a large, brick charcoal kiln with an armful of wood. Cut firewood, waiting to be placed in the kiln and turned into charcoal, rests in a stack in the foreground. Prescott was one of the towns inundated to create Quabbin Reservoir.

Creator

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Publisher

Date

ca. 1900

Relation

Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org

Format

image/jpg

Type

Image

Identifier

CJ--Photos--Prescott

Files

Collection

Citation

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, “Charcoal kiln, Prescott, Mass.,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed June 19, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/11.

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