Keywords: Slate
Site Pages
These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Online Items
Online Items Slate tablet of Ida Allen, Strong, 1892 Item 66983 infoStrong Historical Society The slate tablet was used with chalk to do…
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - 1895 Village School
1895 Village School Slate tablet of Ida Allen, Strong, 1892 Item 66983 infoStrong Historical Society The slate tablet was used with chalk…
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.
Site Page
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…
Site Page
Biddeford’s granite and slate cutting was a crucial part of their economy and even helped support the build of the Western Railroad in 1872.
Site Page
… and processed fish; mined and cut granite and slate; cut and shipped ice, as well as farmed the state's rocky soils.
Site Page
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations
"Revision History of Slate." Wikipedia. Ed. Mike Norton. 11 Apr. 2011. Rivard, Paul E. Maine Sawmills: a History.
Site Page
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
North Yarmouth Historical Society
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5
Slate was used a lot because of the slate quarry in Monson. In the early 1900s indoor plumbing and electricity where used in new construction.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3
… Mabel Graney's minimalist, possibly remodeled slate blue six button wedding skirt suit, with a front pleat short skirt suggests a wartime…
