Before Cell Phones along the AT

 Pics next to the former AT Route in Massachusetts.

As the lime kiln faded from operation, the Appalachian Trail was being built across the Sheffield valley.  An early description of the trail and kiln is found in The Guide to the Appalachian Trail in New England that was published by the Appalachian Trail Conference shortly after completion.  The trail followed an unnamed dirt road by the “old deserted limekiln which is worth examining” (ATC 1939:113).  Early hikers had the opportunity to observe the site shortly after operations ceased.

Appalachian Trail Conservancy. 1939. Guide to the Appalachian Trail in New England. Publication no. 13. Washington, DC: The Appalachian Trail Conservancy.