Identifier: SlatePlumbingFixturesAndProducts_166 (find matches)
Title: Slate Plumbing Fixtures and Products, STRUCTURAL SLATE COMPANY, PEN ARGYL, PENNA., This Catalogue compiled by THE STRUCTURAL SERVICE BUREAU, 112 So. 16th St., Philadelphia, Penna., Copyright July, 1922
Caption: A Slate Quarry in the Famed Pennsylvania Region
(This refers to slate quarries in the two counties of Northampton and Lehigh in Pennsylvania, and does not include the slate quarries of Delta, York County)
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Structural Slate Company
Subjects: plumbing fixtures -- catalogs Division 10 Division 22 stone toilet compartments commercial water closets urinals bidets commercial laundry trays
Publisher: Structural Slate Company
Contributing Library: MBJ collection

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ities of this material, either as slabs or as the finished product.As an instance, the average number of square feet of structural slatewhich is constantly stored and ready for shipment is 250,000 square feet. THE STRUCTURAL SLATE COMPANY has thus been able toameliorate the formerly serious labor problems of the slate quarries byenabling production to be carried on continuously throughout the year,instead of each individual quarry employing men from time to time asorders have been received. This has had the natural and to be desiredresult that all of the quarries have been able to reduce the days of idlenessand so keep their better trained mechanics interested sufficiently in theirwork to avoid the lure of better jobs at higher pay in other trades. Aconsequent economy in production and increase in skill in assembling hasbeen another immediate benefit, for skilled labor, assured of continuousemployment, no longer has to turn its efforts to other channels. 4 THE STRUCTURAL SLATE COMPANY
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A Slate Quarry in the Famed Pennsylvania Region At the present time THE STRUCTURAL SLATE COMPANYcomprises quarries whose total production on full time is approximately5,000,000 square feet in a year. This production capacity is being con-stantly increased by the opening of more quarries, the construction ofmore mills and by the installation of improved machinery and equipment.Every facility for the production of plumbing fixtures, wainscoting,floors, stairs and all other forms of slate—electrical, blackboard androofing—is contained within these quarries. And all benefits accruingfrom this combination of efficiency and equipment is passed on to theconsumer by the Company. The annual shipments of structural slate by THE STRUCTURALSLATE COMPANY have averaged 3,000,000 square feet, which assuresto the consumer buying his material through THE STRUCTURALSLATE COMPANY prompt attention to his requirements, for he is se-curing it from the largest source of available slate. 5 THE STRUCTURALSlatePlumbingFixturesAndProducts_166

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