The Crowning Glory to Eight Years of Hard Work

The Ogden Canyon Lime Kiln - another piece of Ogden history lovingly restored

This is how Ogden really started. In order to build these wonderful communities, you need brick and mortar, and that's what this provided through this lime kiln.

Susan Van Hooser
Weber County Heritage Foundation
Piece of History Rededicated
November 20, 2008

Sometimes you do something just because you can.

Nick Breeze
Ogden Canyon Club
Fire Down Below
November 20, 2008

On the heels of his Standard-Examiner story on Monday, Charlie Trentelman reports this morning that the restoration of the 1860's era Ogden Canyon Lime Kiln is now complete, even unto the lighting of a fire in the giant stone beast's belly.

The KSL News online site has some good video footage of yesterday's ceremonial rededication event. Emerald City historic preservation buffs should definitely check it out.

A Weber County Forum Tip O' the Hat to all entities and individuals who contributed to the eight year effort to put yet another piece of Ogden City history back in the limelight.