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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Working Traditional Kiln Near Mingjian, Nantou

Tripped down to Ershuei today for a round trip of 123 kms, light riding on flat roads. Very nice time. Just north of Mingjian town I ran across this still working traditional wood fired snake kiln, making tiles.

These kilns are always very long. The fire is at the low end. In the middle there's a door.....

....for access.....

...to the center of the kiln....

This one actually had two snake kilns, side by side.

Must have seen better days, but it is obviously still a working kiln.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 30, 2012 at 1:54 AM

    These pictures (and more on their Flickr link) are educational.

    The kiln, when retired, can be made a local history theme museum.

    I like these kinds of pictures a lot. More please. Thanks!

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  2. Steven CrookNovember 9, 2012 at 3:29 PM

    Kilns are cool!
    I went to an interesting one in Kaohsiung not long ago:
    http://crooksteven.blogspot.tw/2012/09/fire-and-art-travel-in-taiwan.html

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