What were the Hurstville Lime Kilns used for?
Limestone rock was quarried from behind the kilns. The blocks of lime were loaded into carts and pulled by mules along a narrow track that led up and behind the kilns. The blocks of lime were then fed into the kilns where they reached temperatures of 750 to 900 degrees C was needed to process the lime. The processed lime was pulled from the bottom of the draw kilns in a white powder.
