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.

 

Cheers,

Tanya

 

 

Tanya A. Faberson, PhD, RPA
Principal Investigator
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