Bill Kibbel Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 ...that employed many Welsh Americans for about 140 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Did you carve that Bill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 No. I just found him standing beside the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspectorjoe Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 In my area, it employed a lot of Italian Americans, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 In my area, it employed a lot of Italian Americans, too. There's lot's of stories about which specific jobs could be held by each nationality at the quarries. The splitters were usually Welshmen. The Welsh were also known for their experience and eye for reading the slate beds. When Italians were brought in, production increased. They had the experience and ability cutting and moving the big blocks and shaping the large slate building materials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 And they probably did 6 day weeks @ 12-18 hours per day. Processing stone by hand without benefit of modern machinery....those guys were latter day vulcans, hammering at mountains of stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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