Charcoal kiln, Prescott, Massachusetts

Charcoal kiln, Prescott, Massachusetts

Charcoal industry--Massachusetts--Prescott
Coal trade--Massachusetts--Prescott
Fuel trade--Massachusetts--Prescott
Charcoal kilns--Massachusetts--Prescott

Image of an older man standing before the opening of a large, brick charcoal kiln with an armful of wood. Cut firewood, waiting to be placed in the kiln and turned into charcoal, rests in a stack in the foreground. Prescott was one of the towns inundated to create Quabbin Reservoir.

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Jones Library Special Collections

circa 1900

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