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Charcoal ovens

Abandoned oven, usually full of snakes
Abandoned oven, usually full of snakes		 Looking up in an old oven.
Looking up in an old oven.		 The yard forman, crew boss and myself.
The yard forman, crew boss and myself.		 Lots of ovens
Lots of ovens
Something out of the Wizard of OZ
Something out of the Wizard of OZ		 All loading and unloading done by hand.
All loading and unloading done by hand.		 Filling one of the ovens
Filling one of the ovens		 stacked on end, clear to the top.
stacked on end, clear to the top.
Comimg out for more wood.
Comimg out for more wood.		 It takes 2 days to fill the oven.
It takes 2 days to fill the oven.		 Hard working crew ( not the guy in red)
Hard working crew ( not the guy in red)		 Izidoro my translator and the boys.
Izidoro my translator and the boys.
Oven temperature used for making charcoal.
Oven temperature used for making charcoal.		 It takes 9 days of burning slowly to make the wood into charcoal.
It takes 9 days of burning slowly to make the wood into charcoal.		 The end product. Charcoal is worth $10/cubic meter
The end product. Charcoal is worth $10/cubic meter		 The finished charcoal must be kept dry.
The finished charcoal must be kept dry.
Crazy hissing leaf eatting caterpillar.jpg
Crazy hissing leaf eatting caterpillar.jpg

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Pieter C. Brouwer03-Feb-2010 07:26
Nice report, I saw some charcoal ovens in Asia, very different like this
Mangles Photography29-Mar-2009 11:52
Very interesting Gallery
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