Lime, Oregon | |
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![]() Abandoned cement plant at Lime, circa 2012 | |
Location in the
United States Location in
Oregon | |
Coordinates: 44°24′24″N 117°18′41″W / 44.40667°N 117.31139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Baker |
Elevation | 2,234 ft (681 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
GNIS feature ID | 1167713 [1] |
Lime is an unincorporated community and ghost town in the northwest United States, located in Baker County, Oregon. [1] Five miles (8 km) north of Huntington on Interstate 84 (& U.S. Route 30), it is near the confluence of Marble Creek and the Burnt River on the Union Pacific Railroad. The historic Oregon Trail passes through Lime. [2]
The Lime post office was established 125 years ago in 1899. [3] The deposits of limestone in the area were manufactured into lime that supplied a large area of Eastern Oregon and western Idaho. [3] [4] The Acme Cement Plaster Company built a plant at Lime in 1916 to produce plaster. [3] The Sun Portland Cement Company bought the plant in 1921 and built another facility for producing Portland cement. [3] In 1926, the company merged with Oregon Portland Cement Company from Portland; by the 1960s, the Lime facility produced 1,200,000 barrels a year. [3] In 1940, the community at its peak had a population of 18. [5] The town began to decline when the post office closed in 1964.
As the nearby limestone deposits were depleted, limestone was brought from the Nelson area near Durkee. [3] A new plant was built at Nelson in 1979 and the facility at Lime was closed in 1980. [3] Oregon Portland Cement Company merged with the Ash Grove Cement Company in 1983. [3] [6]
In 1999, Baker County took possession of the site of the closed factory for back taxes. In 2018, the plant was scheduled for demolition; crews arrived that April to begin the work. [7]
Lime, Oregon | |
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![]() Abandoned cement plant at Lime, circa 2012 | |
Location in the
United States Location in
Oregon | |
Coordinates: 44°24′24″N 117°18′41″W / 44.40667°N 117.31139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Baker |
Elevation | 2,234 ft (681 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
GNIS feature ID | 1167713 [1] |
Lime is an unincorporated community and ghost town in the northwest United States, located in Baker County, Oregon. [1] Five miles (8 km) north of Huntington on Interstate 84 (& U.S. Route 30), it is near the confluence of Marble Creek and the Burnt River on the Union Pacific Railroad. The historic Oregon Trail passes through Lime. [2]
The Lime post office was established 125 years ago in 1899. [3] The deposits of limestone in the area were manufactured into lime that supplied a large area of Eastern Oregon and western Idaho. [3] [4] The Acme Cement Plaster Company built a plant at Lime in 1916 to produce plaster. [3] The Sun Portland Cement Company bought the plant in 1921 and built another facility for producing Portland cement. [3] In 1926, the company merged with Oregon Portland Cement Company from Portland; by the 1960s, the Lime facility produced 1,200,000 barrels a year. [3] In 1940, the community at its peak had a population of 18. [5] The town began to decline when the post office closed in 1964.
As the nearby limestone deposits were depleted, limestone was brought from the Nelson area near Durkee. [3] A new plant was built at Nelson in 1979 and the facility at Lime was closed in 1980. [3] Oregon Portland Cement Company merged with the Ash Grove Cement Company in 1983. [3] [6]
In 1999, Baker County took possession of the site of the closed factory for back taxes. In 2018, the plant was scheduled for demolition; crews arrived that April to begin the work. [7]