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Quick Details:
Length: Both are maybe 10-15 feet from the parking lot.
Trail Type: NA
Difficulty: DR1. You can see if from your car, or just a quick short walk.
Elevation Gain: NA
Restroom: No.
Dogs? Yes, leashed.
To Get Here:
For the kiln: Head up Ogden Canyon. About 1.3 miles from the mouth of the canyon there will be a small dirt turn off with a decent size parking lot on the right, south side of the canyon.
The waterfall is right at the mouth of the canyon on the north side.
Ogden Historic Canyon Kiln
The kiln from the parking lot.
From the front. It’s neat to see the single kiln vs. the 4 chamber one in Limekiln Gulch.
The chamber. It’s cool that this one is not gated off.
The release chute.
Looking up-ish.
The information sign.
This kiln was originally built in 1865 by James Moroni Thomas. It was”rediscovered” in the 1980’s. Restoration started in 2003 and completed in 2008 with the help of volunteers and a donation from Ogden's RAMP program. Volunteers collected stones from nearby canyons and the riverbed to reconstruct it.
In the 1800’s lime was used in construction up until the early 1900 when cement took over. This kiln produced up to 300 bushels of lime a day.
The little cross section display explains how they did it much better than the one in Limekiln Gulch. It looks like lime stone and wood were layered in through the top and then the quicklime came out of the bottom. Very interesting!
From a little later in the day.
Looking down Ogden Canyon.
Ogden Canyon Waterfall.
This is a man made waterfall created in the 1880s. It seems like they did it as an anti-vacuum and overflow for the irrigation canals, and also because, well, who doesn’t like a waterfall? It is about 400 ft high. Has an alternate name of Rainbow Cataract and was referred to as Ogdens Bridal Veil Falls.
The waterfall from where we parked. Be careful as it is really just the side of the road. And people have to try and slip in among traffic heading down canyon.
Pretty much the whole thing. It really is a tall waterfall. I guess technically at 400 ft it is taller than the waterfall in Waterfall Canyon.
The lower section.
Vertical panoramic.
The waterfall rejoining Ogden River.
The top section.
The whole thing again.
I wish I had thought to walk down a little further to see the hidden section, but I didn’t think of that until we drove down past it. Meh, it was still lovely. It is also really neat in winter.
Looking up canyon.
Both of these are fun easy sights near the mouth of Ogden Canyon and worth checking out if you have an extra oh, half hour or so to spare.
2 comments:
My name is Rick Brown and was an instructor of Masonry at the time of the Lime kiln restoration and was asked to participate in the restoration of the kiln. My students and I did the brick work on the kiln and a local stone mason named Cody Wright did the stonework. It is very rewarding knowing that people are so interested in the kiln. We were able to light a fire in the kiln after it was finished, and it was pretty cool to watch the smoke move down the canyon like it did back when it was producing full time. I was very blessed to have been involved in such a cool project.
That is fantastic! I am so glad you discovered my post and gave that extra little bit of information. Thank you, I am honored. And thank you for the work you did on the kiln. Are there any other interesting things you have worked on?
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