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  • Collection: Slate Quarries

812 1880s Slatington Slate Workers 2 web.jpg

811 Slate workers 1880s web.jpg

810 Slatington Slate Workers web.jpg

625 Quarry 1906 web.jpg
This is a view from a little west of the former Penn Lyn quarry, looking north across Trout Creek.

1880 Sheriff Sale of Lehigh Slate Company.pdf

1877 Lehigh Slate.pdf

1874 Lehigh Slate Company Charter.pdf

QuarryDeckle.jpg
Deckle-edge postcard

Quarry.jpg

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Quarry10.jpg
An early use of a core drill to check if it was worthwhile to open a quarry on a site. Before use of the drill came into operation, it was pretty often just educated guesswork where to site a new quarry.
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