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Missouri, but decreased 7% in Ohio and 8% in Pennsylvania. 
 Seventy-five companies produced lime. Leading producing companies, in descending
order, were Dravo Lime Co. with one plant each in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana,
and Texas; Marblehead Lime Co. with two plants in Illinois and one each in
Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Utah; Mississippi Lime Co. in Missouri;
Martin Marietta Corp. in Ohio; Genstar Lime Co. with two plants in California,
two plants in Nevada, and one each in Arizona and Utah; Allied Chemical Corp.
with two plants in New York; Black River Lime Co. in Kentucky; Allied Products
Co. in Alabama; Bethlehem Steel Corp. with two plants in Pennsylvania; and
Republic Steel Corp. in Ohio. These 10 companies, operating 25 plants, accounted
for 53% of the total lime production. 
 The number of plants producing lime in the United States and Puerto Rico
decreased from 130 (revised) in 1984 to 116 in 1985. Seven lime plants each
produced more than 400,000 tons of lime and together accounted for 34% of
the total lime output. Leading individual plants, in descending order, were
Mississippi Lime's Ste. Genevieve plant in Missouri, Dravo Lime's Maysville
plant in Kentucky, Martin Marietta Chemical Div.'s Woodville plant in Ohio,
Allied Chemical's Syracuse Works in New York, Marblehead Lime's Buffington
plant in Indiana, Black River Lime's Carntown plant in Kentucky, and Marblehead
Lime's South Chicago plant in Illinois. Sixteen plants each produced from
200,000 to 400,000 tons of lime and together accounted for 28% of the total.

 New Plants, Expansions, and Changes.— In February, Ash Grove Cement
Co. began operating at its plant in Springfield, MO, a kiln that had been
converted from a vertical shaft kiln of English Priest design to the Parsons
single-shaft, parallel-flow calciner system. The conversion was made to im

prove product quality and reduce operating cost. The kiln has a design capacity
of 300 tons per day of lime with a fuel efficiency under 4 million British
thermal units per ton.2 
 Holly Sugar Corp. installed in Brawley, CA, the first Fuller-Bechkenbach
mixedfeed-type shaft kiln to be built in the United States. The mixed-feed-type
kiln is one of several Bechkenbach shaft kiln designs licensed by Fuller
Co., Bethlehem, PA, from Warmestelle Steine und Erden of Dtisseldorf, Federal
Republic of Germany. The production quality and fuel efficiency of these
kilns are believed to be the highest of any shaft kiln in North America.~

 Western Lime & Cement Co. began operating a new 250-ton-per-day
kiln
system at its plant in Marblehead, WI. Thenew kiln provided a substantial
increase in capacity over that of the two shaft kilns it replaced at Marblehead
and Knowles, WI, which had a combined output of 180 tons per day, and completed
the company's planned fuel conversion from gas to coal.~ 
 Florida Crushed Stone Co. continued construction of a 350,000-ton-per-year
lime plant near Brooksville, Hernando County, FL. 
 Fourteen fewer plants reported production in 1985 than in 1984. In California,
American Crystal Sugar Co.'s Clarksburg kiln was idle. In Colorado, The Great
Western Sugar Co. closed five plants. In Connecticut, Pfizer Inc. had closed
permanently its Canaan plant in the first quarter of 1984. In Florida, Ideal
Basic Industries Inc. did not operate its Port St. Joe kiln. In Kansas, the
Kemp plant of Great Western Sugar was idle, as was its Billings plant in
Montana and its Scotts Bluff and Gering plants in Nebraska. In Pennsylvania,
the Reedsville plant of Honey Creek Lime Co. was idle. In Texas, the Chemical
Lime Co. idled its Marbiefall plant.