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Former Slate Pencil Quarry (Ramsthal)

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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

    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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      October 15, 2023

      This is where the world's best styluses, the pens for the slates, came from.

      Information board at the edge.

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