Site of the Former Lime Kiln, Appingedam East

TP 66 The circle in the pavement marks the spot where a lime kiln once stood. In 1901 Marten Kingma (jr) buys the lime kiln from Harmannus Folgering. Kingma is registered as a timber trader. He is the son of the prominent family of roof tile manufacturers from Makkum (Fr). Marten Kingma takes over the entire company of Harmannus Folgering with the lime kiln, which, in addition to a lime and wood trade, is also a building materials trader.It is certain that there was a lime kiln on this site at the beginning of the 19th century and the kiln was probably even older or there were predecessors. The lime kiln worked until the end of the First World War. Kingma went bankrupt, the municipality bought the company and built a shelter for a spraying brigade.