A Photograph of a 19th Century Charcoal Kiln in Loudon, New Hampshire

This is a really great photograph that I came across a while back in the collection of the Loudon, New Hampshire Historical Society and Museum, which will be included in my forthcoming 700-page New Hampshire book, titled, An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses; this 19th century charcoal kiln no longer stands, although it was located at the north entrance of Josiah Bartlett Road in Loudon. The Osborn family operated a red earthenware business in Loudon, whereas I do not believe this image has previously been published.

Is there any evidence that pottery kilns were powered in New England with charcoal in the eighteenth or nineteenth century? To my knowledge wood was only used before the Industrial Revolution.

A Photograph of a 19th Century Charcoal Kiln in Loudon, N.H.

19th Century Charcoal Kiln in Loudon, New Hampshire

The Osborns Operated a Red Earthenware Business in Loudon

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Photo Courtesy: Loudon Historical Society and Museum

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