Different Forms Of Slate. Continued
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This section is from the book "Notes On Building Construction", by Henry Fidler. Also available from Amazon: Notes on building construction.
Different Forms Of Slate. Continued
Irish Slates
Many of the best qualities resemble the Welsh varieties, others are thicker and coarser.
Among the best known Irish roofing slates are those from Killaloe, or from the county Kilkenny. Slabs of a high quality are exported from Valencia in county Kerry
QUARRY. | NEAREST PORT OR STATION. | COUNTY. | |
Bangor Royal Slate Co. | Bangor | Carnarvonshire . | Purpde roofing slates and slabs. |
Braichgoch, Aberllgeney, Gaewern, and other Quarries . | Machynlleth | Montgomeryshire | Blue do. do. |
CambrianSlateCo. | Llangollen | Denbighshire | Blue do. . do. |
Cilgwyn | Carnarvon | Carnarvonshire . | Blue, purple, and spotted do. do. |
Craig Dhu | Blaenau Ffestiniog | Merionethshire . | Blue slates. |
cwmorthei Slate Co. | Ffestiniog and Portmadoc . | Do. | Blue roofing slates and slabs. |
Dinorwic . | Port Dinonvic . | Carnarvonshire . | Blue, purple, and green do. do. |
DIPHWYS Casson | Duffwys . | Merionethshire | Blue and grey roofing do do. |
DOROTHEA . | Carnarvon | Carnarvonshire . | Pale green, blue, and red do. do. |
Llanfair Royal Slate Co. | Bangor | Do. | Green and blue roofing slates. |
Llangollen Slate Co. | Llangollen | Denbighshire | Remarkable for the size of the slabs produced. |
Llechwedd or Greaves | Rhiwbryffdir . | Merionethshire | Blue and grey roofing slates and slabs. |
Maexoffern | Duffwys . | Do. | Do. do. |
Oakeley . | Ffestiniog and Portmadoc . | Do. | Blue roofing slates and slabs. |
Oakeley . | Rhiwbryffdir | Do. | Do. do. |
Penrhyn . | Bangor | Carnarvonshire . | Roofing slates and slabs; generally blue or purple, some green. |
Pkn-yr-Orsedd . | Pen-y-groes | Do. | Purple slates. |
Rhiwfachno | Penniachno | Do. | Blue slates and slabs. |
Rhosydd . | Ffestiniog | Merionethshire . | Blue and grey roofing slates and slabs. |
Several Quarries . | Corns | Do. | Slabs; bluish-grey slates. |
Welsh Slate Co. | Ffestiniog and | ||
Portmadoc . | Do. | Blue roofing slates and slabs. | |
Whitland Abbey | Whitland | Caermarthenshire | Green roofing slates. |
Wrysgan . | Ffestiniog | Merionethshire | Blue and grey roofing slates and slabs. |
English Slates. | |||
Ambleside . | Windermere | Westmoreland | Green roofing slates. |
BOSCASTLE . | Boscastle . | Cornwall. | |
BURLINGTON Slate Co. | |||
Ulverstone | Lancashire . | Pale blue roofing slates and slabs. | |
BURNSTALL, Longford. | Tavistock | Devonshire . | Roofing slates; nearly worked out. |
Camel | Wadebridge | Cornwall. | |
Cann . | Plymouth | Devonshire . | Roofing slates, slabs. |
CONISTON . | Ulverstone | Lancashire . | Rough slates - flags - green slates. |
Delabole Slate Co. . | Camelford | Cornwall | Greyish-blue slabs; very light,strong, and durable; also roofing slates, etc. |
Grooby | Bardon | Leicestershire | Roofing slate. |
KlRBY IRELETH . | Ulverstone | Lancashire . | Do. |
Langdale . | Windermere | Westmoreland | Green roofing slates. |
LaUNCESTON | Launceston | Cornwall. | |
Maryport . | Maryport. | Cumberland | Greenish slates. |
Pexricca . | Totness . | Devonshire . | Green roofing slates; used at Royal Exchange. |
QUARRY. | NEAREST PORT OR STATION. | COUNTY. | NATURE OF SLATE AND REMARKS. |
English Slates- Continued. | |||
POMPHLET . | Plymouth | Devonshire ... | Blocks for building - slabs for paving and chimney-pieces. |
SWITHLAND | Barrow-on-Soar | Leicestershire | Very durable blue slabs and roofing slates... |
Thrang Crag . | Windermere | Westmoreland | Green roofing slates... |
TlLBERTHWAITE . | Coniston . | Lancashire . | Several small quarries of green slate. |
Trewarnet (Tin-tagel Slate Co.) | Padstow . | Cornwall | Roofing slates and slabs... |
WlRCHSCOMBE . | Wellington | Somersetshire | Roofing slates... |
Woodland . | Newton Abbott | Devonshire . | Green roofing slates... |
Yeolmbridge | Padstow . | Do. | Slabs for paving and chimney-pieces... |
Scotch Slates. | ... | ||
Aternshill | Crieff.. | Perthshire .. | Roofing slates... |
Ballachulish . | Fort-William . | Argyleshire ... | Rough - full of pyrites - weathers well - dark blue... |
Benledi | Achray.. | Perthshire ... | Roofing slates... |
BlRNAM | Dunkeld ... | Do. | Do. |
ClJLLIPOOL . | ... | ■ •■ | Do. |
Dalbeattie.. | Do... | Do... | Do. |
Drumaburn.. | Perth.. | Do. | Do. |
Easdale.. | Oban.. | Argyleshire .. | Rough - full of pyrites - weathers well - dark blue... |
FOUDLAND . | Huntly.. | Aberdeenshire.. | Roofing slates... |
Gartley . | Gartley ... | Do. | Do. |
Glenalmond.. | Perth.. | Perthshire . | Do. |
Glenshee . | Do... | Do. | Do. |
HOYSTON . | Forfar | Do. | Slab and block. |
Lanrick.. | Crieff.. | Do. | Roofing slates. |
Turin.. | Forfar.. | Do. | Slabs and blocks. |
Taniemodth.. | Ruthven ... | Banff . | Roofing. |
Irish Slates... | .. | .. | .. |
Ashford ... | ... | Wicklow | Slates resemble those from Bangor, but thicker and coarser. |
Benduff ... | Leap | Cork . | Dark colour - nearly given out. |
Clonakilty.. | Cork | Do. | Good quality - light and durable. |
Killaloe (Imperial Slate Co.) | Killaloe ... | Tipperary ... | Dull bluish grey. Durable. Coarser, thicker, and heavier than Welsh slates. |
Knockroe . | Carrick-on-Suir | Kilkenny.. | Dark blue - veins of felspar. |
Mealoughmore . | Do. | Do. | Slates of fair quality.1 |
Rathdrtjm ... | Wicklow.. | Slab and roofing. | |
Valencia . | Valencia ... | Kerry ... | Light bluish-grey or greenish-blue slates. Slabs and flags for export-ation. Thicker and more uneven than those of Killaloe.1 Blocks average 3 feet 6 inches wide;! some 5 feet 6 inches; 6 inches to 12 inches thick; length 10 to 12 feet, sometimes as much as 30 feet. |
Victoria Slate Co. . | Carrick-on-Suir | Kilkenny . | Light green - very good. |
1 Wilkinson.
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