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NEW LIVES IN THE VALLEY Slate Quarries...N Wales NY  Vermont 1850-1920, by Gwilym R.
Roberts, @1998, Chapter 7, page 169:

Affected by 1857 depressions, the Granville quarries did not thrive in the latter
half of the decade.  Of 4 quarrying firms in business there in 1855, only 520
remained in 1860, but two new firms had been founded, providing a total listing of
126 slate company employees in 1860, as compared to 125 in 1855.

Taking the New York-Vermont slate belt as a whole, the business had gained a firm
foothold by 1860...Their product had come to practically monopolize the Boston
market...Vermont slate had been chosen for the roof of the new Chicago and Galena
Railroad Depot.

Castleton remained the most important slate center in the area, with 192 slate
workers in 1860, Fair Haven was next with 106; Granville and Poutney followed with



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