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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>Cheers,
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>Tanya
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