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Former Slate Pencil Quarry (Ramsthal)

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Former Slate Pencil Quarry (Ramsthal)

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    May 31, 2020

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    On July 17, 1879, the production of slate pencils began in Ramsthal. This quarry was dedicated to slate, as the slate was unsuitable for making slate tablets. Styluses were manufactured here, partly by machine, to supply the entire world.
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    This is where the world's best styluses, the pens for the slates, came from.

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