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Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site, Evanston, WY

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Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site

Remains of 1869 charcoal kilns on the edge of the ghost town of Piedmont, southwest Wyoming.

Co Rd 173, Evanston, WY 82930 · Evanston, WY

About Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site

The site preserves stone charcoal kilns at the edge of the former railroad town of Piedmont. Built in 1869 to supply charcoal for Utah's iron smelting, the conical kilns were fed with wood from the Uinta Mountains, and the Union Pacific carried most of the output to Utah. Three and a half of the original four kilns survive. Visitors can read four interpretive signs, use two picnic tables, and see a Piedmont kiln exhibit at the Fort Bridger Museum, which is run by Fort Bridger State Historic Site.

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