I've had several people look at the pieces (in and out of the field), and
they've all agreed that they're pool table slate. The pieces even have the
pocket notches, and the holes for fastening the bolts to the slats are in
the correct positions.
Tanya A. Faberson, PhD, RPA
Principal Investigator
[log in to unmask]
Corporate Headquarters
151 Walton Avenue
Lexington, KY 40508
859.252.4737 office
859.254.3747 fax
859.221.3038 cell
http://www.crai-ky.com
-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Patrick
Martin
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 7:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: pool table slate-lined privy
WHat makes you think pool table, rather than something like laundry
sink, as a source for the slate? Slate was also widely used as an
insulating material for things like electric power control boards. In
both sinks and control boards, there would be bolt holes, but pieces
would be smaller than a pool table. Just a thought.
On Feb 3, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Tanya A. Faberson 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.
Cheers,
Tanya
Tanya A. Faberson, PhD, RPA
Principal Investigator
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc.
Corporate Headquarters
151 Walton Avenue
Lexington, KY 40508
859.252.4737 office
859.254.3747 fax
859.221.3038 cell
http://www.crai-ky.com
Patrick E. Martin
Professor of Archaeology and Chair
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931
phone 906-487-2070,email [log in to unmask]
www.industrialarchaeology.net
|
