Bob -- I was always told that wood warps (especially given the
dimensions of the table) and slate is easily worked and "readily"
available as a raw material, and the felt and adhesive are easily
applied.  Charlie Kolb

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Robert L. Schuyler
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 8:10 AM
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Subject: Re: pool table slate-lined privy

Not being corrupt and playing such evil games as pool, why is there
slate on pool tables? Why not just fabric covered wood? Could you send
the list some pictures. Sounds fascinating.

Bob Schuyler

At 07:45 AM 2/3/2011, you wrote:
>Last month I completed phase III work in a historically 
>African-American neighborhood near downtown Lexington, Kentucky. On one

>of the parcels we excavated, I came across a square, early to 
>mid-twentieth-century privy that had been lined with pool table slate 
>(about 9 large sections, bolt holes and all.possibly 3 pool tables 
>worth). It appears that the pieces had been "jammed" in there (for lack

>of a better phrase) as a form of lining after the fact, rather than the

>privy having been lined with it upon initial construction. The former 
>occupants were obviously resourceful, and it's an interesting find. I 
>haven't come across this before. Has anybody else ever seen a privy (or

>other feature) lined with pool table slate? Contact me off-post if you 
>would like to see a photograph of what the lining looked like once the
interior deposits were removed.
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