. Slate plumbing fixtures and products. in position, the vaults and crypts of naturalslate are entirely airtight. Slate has been used over 2500 years, as was recently authenticallydetermined by excavations of primitive English graves. These excava-tions showed that slate used for the lining of graves is still in a perfectstate of preservation even though buried under the soil for twenty-fivecenturies. THE STRUCTURAL SLATECOMPANY has constantly in stocknumerous sizes of the plain andgrooved and bolted vaults illustrated onthis page, as well as slate slabs whichare used as grave covers over grav
. Slate plumbing fixtures and products. in position, the vaults and crypts of naturalslate are entirely airtight. Slate has been used over 2500 years, as was recently authenticallydetermined by excavations of primitive English graves. These excava-tions showed that slate used for the lining of graves is still in a perfectstate of preservation even though buried under the soil for twenty-fivecenturies. THE STRUCTURAL SLATECOMPANY has constantly in stocknumerous sizes of the plain andgrooved and bolted vaults illustrated onthis page, as well as slate slabs whichare used as grave covers over gravevaults with the floor and walls of brick,concrete or other material. The easein handling slate by unskilled labor is atremendous economic advantage overnearly any other material. The lower illustration shows a de-tail of slate floors and linings to formcrypts in a mausoleum. This materialis used because of its strength and non-staining qualities, and can be producedin any size or shape to fit the individualdesign. &RASJ VENT- Brass Vent- •••::::::,v//7foy77R. WMWMVJJTh W7M J 5 LATE Z^Z M/M/^a 7ZZR 0*T Detail of Mausoleum Crypt 98 THE STRUCTURAL SLATE COMPANY
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