Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company
Formed in 1886 on the Lake Erie Island of Kelley's Island, Ohio , the Kelley 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 Kelley's Island in 1886 and was dissolved in the early 1960s.
Company operations were located in Ohio, New York, and West Virginia. Main sites were Kelley's 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
Number
Cylinders
Wheels
Built
Works number
Assignment
Notes[ 1]
6"x10"
22"
23 May 1905
1537
Marion, Ohio
built as Norris & Christian Stone & Lime Company #1; scrapped 1922
1
9"x8"
26"
10 April 1906
1662
Marblehead, Ohio
3
9"x8"
26"
27 March 1898
561
Kelley's Island, Ohio
named Norman Kelley
3
11"x12"
32"
25 September 1920
3112
Martin, Ohio
4
9"x8"
26"
2o May 1898
562
Kelley's Island, Ohio
5
6"x10"
21.5"
13 March 1899
573
Kelley's Island, Ohio
named W. M. Harsh
10
9"x8"
26"
5 May 1906
1663
Marblehead, Ohio
14
9"x8"
26"
21 April 1906
1664
Marblehead, Ohio
25
9"x8"
26.5"
6 April 1905
1514
Dover Plains, New York
26
9"x8"
26.5"
17 May 1905
1515
Marblehead, Ohio
27
9"x8"
26.5"
26 May 1905
1516
Marblehead, Ohio
28
8"x12"
26.5"
1 May 1907
1852
Marblehead, Ohio
29
8"x12"
26.5"
3 May 1907
1853
Marblehead, Ohio
30
8"x12"
26.5"
4 May 1907
1854
Marblehead, Ohio
31
8"x12"
26.5"
10 May 1907
1855
Marblehead, Ohio
named Mary Sanders
32
8"x12"
26.5"
20 May 1907
1856
Marblehead, Ohio
33
8"x12"
26.5"
1 April 1908
2045
Sandusky, Ohio
34
8"x12"
26.5"
20 May 1908
2046
Cleveland, Ohio
sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Le Roy, New York
35
8"x12"
26.5"
20 March 1908
2074
Sandusky, Ohio
36
8"x12"
26.5"
20 March 1908
2075
Sandusky, Ohio
sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
37
8"x12"
26.5"
20 March 1908
2076
Sandusky, Ohio
38
8"x12"
26.5"
1 April 1908
2077
Sandusky, Ohio
39
8"x12"
26.5"
15 April 1908
2078
Sandusky, Ohio
40
8"x12"
26.5"
15 April 1908
2079
Martin, Ohio
41
8"x12"
26.5"
15 April 1908
2080
Sandusky, Ohio
sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
42
8"x12"
26.5"
1 June 1908
2081
Kelley's Island, Ohio
43
8"x12"
26.5"
1 July 1908
2082
Kelley's Island, Ohio
44
8"x12"
26.5"
3 July 1910
2263
Clarence, New York
sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
45
8"x12"
26.5"
3 July 1910
2264
Clarence, New York
sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Winchester, Massachusetts; later moved to Akron, New York
53
8"x12"
27.5"
22 March 1911
2429
Marblehead, Ohio
sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
54
8"x12"
27.5"
22 March 1911
2430
Clarence, New York
sold to General Crushed Stone Company, Akron, New York
55
8"x12"
27.5"
27 June 1912
2541
Sandusky, Ohio
56
8"x12"
27.5"
9 May 1913
2638
Kelley's Island, Ohio
57
8"x12"
27.5"
3 May 1913
2677
Kelley's Island, Ohio
58
8"x12"
27.5"
16 May 1914
2721
Sandusky, Ohio
59
8"x12"
27.5"
23 May 1914
2775
Sandusky, Ohio
62
8"x12"
27.5"
3 March 1916
2851
White Rock, Ohio
63
8"x12"
27.5"
3 March 1916
2852
White Rock, Ohio
64
8"x8"
27.5"
17 February 1917
2898
Marblehead, Ohio
65
8"x8"
27.5"
17 February 1917
2899
Marblehead, Ohio
66
8"x8"
27.5"
22 February 1917
2900
Marblehead, Ohio
67
8"x8"
27.5"
23 February 1917
2901
Marblehead, Ohio
68
8"x8"
27.5"
27 February 1917
2902
Marblehead, Ohio
69
8"x8"
27.5"
3 March 1917
2903
Marblehead, Ohio
70
8"x8"
27.5"
10 March 1917
2904
Marblehead, Ohio
71
8"x8"
27.5"
19 March 1917
2917
Marblehead, Ohio
72
8"x8"
27.5"
19 March 1917
2918
Marblehead, Ohio
73
8"x8"
27.5"
19 March 1917
2919
Marblehead, Ohio
74
8"x8"
29"
30 June 1923
3218
Marblehead, Ohio
75
8"x8"
29"
2 July 1923
3219
Marblehead, Ohio
Notes
^ Koch, Michael (1971). The Shay Locomotive Titan of the Timber . The World Press. pp. 415–457.
References
Fick, Dean K. (2003). The Lakeside and Marblehead Railroad, second edition revised and enlarged . Davenport, Iowa: Montevallo Historical Press. ISBN 0-9658624-2-9 .
See also