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Arsenic Calciner Ruins
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Linda
August 28, 2025
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Built in 1897, this calciner was used to roast arsenic ore - check out the date above the archway. Arsenic gas was driven off by the heat and travelled towards the stack higher up the hill and through the labyrinth, or lambreth, where it condensed on the walls.
See this link for a diagram of the Brunton roasting furnace with the revolving hearth
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Brunton_roasting_furnace.png
See this link for a diagram of the Brunton roasting furnace with the revolving hearth
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Brunton_roasting_furnace.png
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