Karinger often portrayed nature’s might alongside industrial endeavours, for instance painting an ironworks and a sawmill while traveling through Tyrol. The lime kiln motif is featured in three of his works, though the scenes’ locations are not known today. The National Museum houses a sketch of a lime kiln from 1865, which the artist used to produce the featured painting. Given that the surroundings are always different in each version, version, it is likely that this was a composite work. The theme does not cast an accusatory light upon industry’s impact on the environment, nor upon the labourer’s social situation.