Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company

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Formed in 1886 on the Lake Erie Island of Kelleys Island, Ohio, the Kelleys Island Lime & Transport Company was also known by its initials, KIL&T. It was once the world's largest producer of limestone and lime. The firm began quarry operations on Kelleys Island in 1886 and was dissolved in the early 1960s.

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Company operations were located in Ohio, New York, and West Virginia. Main sites were Kelleys Island (1886-1940) and nearby Marblehead, Ohio (1890s-1955). In 1922, KIL&T built the world's largest stone crushing plant at Marblehead. It also owned many lime kilns and produced lime products.

The company operated 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Shay steam locomotives to move raw stone around its quarries until World War II. KIL&T purchased 65 new Shays from the Lima Locomotive Works (Lima, Ohio) over the years.

Shay Locomotives

NumberCylindersWheelsBuiltWorks numberAssignmentNotes [1]
6"x10"22"23 May 19051537 Marion, Ohio built as Norris & Christian Stone & Lime Company #1; scrapped 1922
19"x8"26"10 April 19061662 Marblehead, Ohio
39"x8"26"27 March 1898561 Kelleys Island, Ohio named Norman Kelley
311"x12"32"25 September 19203112 Martin, Ohio
49"x8"26"2o May 1898562 Kelleys Island, Ohio
56"x10"21.5"13 March 1899573 Kelleys Island, Ohio named W. M. Harsh
109"x8"26"5 May 19061663 Marblehead, Ohio
149"x8"26"21 April 19061664 Marblehead, Ohio
259"x8"26.5"6 April 19051514 Dover Plains, New York
269"x8"26.5"17 May 19051515 Marblehead, Ohio
279"x8"26.5"26 May 19051516 Marblehead, Ohio
288"x12"26.5"1 May 19071852 Marblehead, Ohio
298"x12"26.5"3 May 19071853 Marblehead, Ohio
308"x12"26.5"4 May 19071854 Marblehead, Ohio
318"x12"26.5"10 May 19071855 Marblehead, Ohio named Mary Sanders
328"x12"26.5"20 May 19071856 Marblehead, Ohio
338"x12"26.5"1 April 19082045 Sandusky, Ohio
348"x12"26.5"20 May 19082046 Cleveland, Ohio sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Le Roy, New York
358"x12"26.5"20 March 19082074 Sandusky, Ohio
368"x12"26.5"20 March 19082075 Sandusky, Ohio sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
378"x12"26.5"20 March 19082076 Sandusky, Ohio
388"x12"26.5"1 April 19082077 Sandusky, Ohio
398"x12"26.5"15 April 19082078 Sandusky, Ohio
408"x12"26.5"15 April 19082079 Martin, Ohio
418"x12"26.5"15 April 19082080 Sandusky, Ohio sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
428"x12"26.5"1 June 19082081 Kelleys Island, Ohio
438"x12"26.5"1 July 19082082 Kelleys Island, Ohio
448"x12"26.5"3 July 19102263 Clarence, New York sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
458"x12"26.5"3 July 19102264 Clarence, New York sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Winchester, Massachusetts; later moved to Akron, New York
538"x12"27.5"22 March 19112429 Marblehead, Ohio sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
548"x12"27.5"22 March 19112430 Clarence, New York sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
558"x12"27.5"27 June 19122541 Sandusky, Ohio
568"x12"27.5"9 May 19132638 Kelleys Island, Ohio
578"x12"27.5"3 May 19132677 Kelleys Island, Ohio
588"x12"27.5"16 May 19142721 Sandusky, Ohio
598"x12"27.5"23 May 19142775 Sandusky, Ohio
628"x12"27.5"3 March 19162851 White Rock, Ohio
638"x12"27.5"3 March 19162852 White Rock, Ohio
648"x8"27.5"17 February 19172898 Marblehead, Ohio
658"x8"27.5"17 February 19172899 Marblehead, Ohio
668"x8"27.5"22 February 19172900 Marblehead, Ohio
678"x8"27.5"23 February 19172901 Marblehead, Ohio
688"x8"27.5"27 February 19172902 Marblehead, Ohio
698"x8"27.5"3 March 19172903 Marblehead, Ohio
708"x8"27.5"10 March 19172904 Marblehead, Ohio
718"x8"27.5"19 March 19172917 Marblehead, Ohio
728"x8"27.5"19 March 19172918 Marblehead, Ohio
738"x8"27.5"19 March 19172919 Marblehead, Ohio
748"x8"29"30 June 19233218 Marblehead, Ohio
758"x8"29"2 July 19233219 Marblehead, Ohio

Notes

  1. Koch, Michael (1971). The Shay Locomotive Titan of the Timber. The World Press. pp. 415–457.

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