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Hawley Beehive Kiln

Hawley, MA

A remarkably intact nineteenth-century stone charcoal kiln sits along a short woodland trail. The beehive-shaped structure once converted huge amounts of local wood into charcoal for industry and is among the best-preserved examples of its type in New England.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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