The Dora Powell pushing a barge of railroad cars loaded with limestone.

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The Dora Powell Tug pushing railroad cars full of crushed limestone to be processed in the Kilns at Bayview. Several of the loads were lost to the lake during bad weather. Once the cars arrived at the dock they continued by railroad to the kilns. Courtesy of the Museum of North Idaho

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By Mary Garrison
Cooking Lime in Bayview, Idaho Concrete is a key component to the building of America. But did you know concrete started in an oven with the burning of limestone? Some of these ovens or kilns can be found in the small lakeside community of…