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Slates (roofing)
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Hunsrück Slates — The Hunsrück Slate (Hunsrückschiefer) is a Devonian Lagerstätte famous for exceptional preservation of a highly diverse fossil fauna assemblage. The various fossil localities are quarries located mostly south of the River Mosel and west of the… … Wikipedia
Slate industry in Wales — The slate industry in Wales began during the Roman period when slate was used to roof the fort at Segontium, now Caernarfon. The slate industry grew slowly until the early 18th century, then expanded rapidly until the late 19th century, at which… … Wikipedia
slate — slate1 /slayt/, n., v., slated, slating. n. 1. a fine grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification. 2. a thin piece or plate … Universalium
Slate industry — The slate industry is the industry related to the extraction and processing of slate. Slate is either quarried from a slate quarry or reached by tunneling in a slate mine . Common uses for slate include as a roofing material, a flooring material… … Wikipedia
zax — var. of SAX(2). * * * ˈzaks noun ( es) Etymology: English dialect, alteration of sax (I) : a tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates * * * /zaks/, n. a hatchetlike tool for cutting and punching nail holes in roofing slate. [dial. var. of… … Useful english dictionary
Roof — A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most… … Wikipedia
Slate — is a fine grained, foliated, , metamorphic rock derived from an original shale type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond … Wikipedia
Aberllefenni Slate Quarry — is the collective name of three slate quarries, Foel Grochan (sometimes misspelt as Foel Crochan), Hen Chwarel and Ceunant Ddu, located in Aberllefenni, Gwynedd, north Wales. It was the longest continually operated slate mine in the world until… … Wikipedia
Bryn Eglwys — was a remote slate quarry located near Abergynolwyn in Gwynedd mid Wales. History The quarry was first worked on a small scale in the early 1840s. In 1864 William McConnel leased the quarry, forming the Aberdovey Slate Company Limited. McConnel… … Wikipedia
Slate waggon — Slate wagons (sometimes spelled waggons) are specialized types railroad cars designed for the conveyance of slate. The characteristics of this stone led to the development of small open cars that carried the slate in its various forms. These were … Wikipedia
