Del Williams set the Bangor area’s slate splitting record in the 1920s, chiseling a block of slate into 48 thin slices. Bangor Area High School’s class of 2006 managed to get 26 splits, back in 1998, ...
DULUTH — The wind catches small puffs of dust as Sean MacManus chips away at a piece of slate. He stands in the alley behind his home in goggles, gloves and a respirator mask — garage door open. Dust ...
Donald Robinson demonstrates how to split slate near two stone cottages under renovation in Coulsontown. The cottage in the background is one of two private cottages. These four of the Welsh miners ...