Keywords: Slate
Item 78881
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: 1951-09-14 Location: Barnard Media: Photographic print
Item 78797
Slate Mill operation, Monson, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 86153
26 Central Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Proprietors Use: Mfg Slate Sinks
Exhibit
Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.
Exhibit
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream
"The slate was made of clay or volcanic ash. Slate, a rock formed from shale and mined by quarrying, had low heat and not very much pressure put on it."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4
"This is how graduations have changed. Slates and Slate Pencils Laura, grade 7 Photo of slate boards taken by students X Over the years, the…"
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
