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Greenstone Slate
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Our quarries in Vermont have, for over a century, produced an exceptionally fine quality stone for roofing slate. High quality stone is just the beginning, however. Our stone is worked only by Greenstone trained craftsmen. Our production facilities are constantly updated and expanded. This has lead Greenstone Slate® to become a principal producer of colored slate roofing. We deliver consistently high quality product, with excellence in service and installation support, and competitive, direct pricing—for the highest value possible in a slate roof.
Greenstone Slate® Company is a third generation Hill family business with quarries and facilities operating in Vermont and New York State. Most of these quarries share a similar history since slate mining was a cottage industry for local construction from the Colonial Era until after the Civil War. Until the advent of a viable railroad system, roofing slate production was extremely limited due to the difficulty of transporting heavy stone to eastern cities. After the Civil War the railroad line from New York City to Albany was upgraded and extended into the slate-producing regions of Vermont. Greenstone's present Poultney, Vermont quarries were divided into several leases; the largest of which was conveyed to the "Auld and Conger Slate Company," a Welsh business around 1882. Production from the leases increased steadily for the next thirty years and reached its peak around 1915 when the Poultney quarries produced 20,000-30,000 squares of roofing slate per year with a work force of several hundred employees.
The Great Depression of l929 decimated the entire slate industry and the few surviving quarries were extremely small operations with a handful of employees; usually family members. World War Two dealt a further blow to the industry as slate production was considered non-essential and the local workforce either entered the military or worked at the large defense plants located in metropolitan areas.
Contact
- Greenstone Slate Company
- 325 Upper Road - PO Box 134
- Poultney, Vermont 05764
phone: 802.287.4333
fax: 802.287.5720
toll free: 800.619.4333
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