Charcoal burning in a woods in the Chiltern Hills with the smoke from the kilns with the chimney's


Jack Durden a charcoal burner working in the chiltern wood. He works with a kiln formed from a large steel ring about four feet high and six feet in diameter, he pack's it with branches from trees that have been felled, cutting them into quite short lengths with a chairnsaw or splitting them with an axe After filling the kiln, a large steel roof is put on top. A fire is lit in a vent at the bottom of the kiln then tall chimney s to vent the smoke are put around it. When the fire has burnt, out he rakes out the charcoal and throwing it through a riddle, separating the dust and ashe from the chaircoal which is then bagged and sold for Britain UK near Tring herfordshire with the smoke and dust England Great Britain


Size: 3492px × 5282px
Location: Chiltern Hills Herfordshire England Great Britain UK
Photo credit: © paul felix craftsmen / Alamy / Afripics
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