Soap and Candle Vats

The soap and candle factory consisted of four large furnaces or boilers. Each held 2000-2500 gallons. Each furnace was made of brick and stone and lime.
There was a large iron pot or kettle set in each furnace so that fire from below could keep it boiling.
The equipment was stolen during the Mexican War and the factory was used very little after that.

The vats are very deep.

The soap and candles that were made here supplied to most of the other missions.