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Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 1:35:12 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 1727 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline I actually pulled this slab of slate out of the basement of a house they imploded a couple months ago, however I just found out what it was used for.  Anybody want to venture a guess? Attachment (1) _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... Post #: 1

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 1:54:00 AM    marjorie040 Posts: 385 Joined: 12/3/2006 Status: offline Something to do with a still? Not that folks here in South Carolina know anything about stills.....just a wild guess! _____________________________ marjorie040 McClellanville, sc (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 2

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 2:28:10 AM    capsoda Posts: 8088 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Stove plate? Set the wood stove on it to keep the floor from getting hot enough to burn. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to marjorie040) Post #: 3

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 4:49:40 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 1727 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline good guesses, but no........... _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 4

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 6:23:02 AM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline Round slate? Would it be the top of a pickle crock? Joel _____________________________ (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 5

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 6:38:03 AM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline did it go on top of something like this? Joel Attachment (1) _____________________________ (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 6

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 6:56:09 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 1727 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Very good guess Joel, but no..... Around here you find lots of round slate lids for crocks, usually smaller and thinner and that's what I thought when I first found it....I thought someone was in the process of making a crock lid, hence the groved out area. That sort of made sense to me even though the circle did not close and there's that extra groove????  _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 7

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 7:05:24 AM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline Coby, Could it be something to go over a floor grate? To stop or let heat upstairs? Joel _____________________________ (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 8

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 7:07:35 AM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline It appears to be a lid to something. Something which would pressure, rise and bleed (the grooves). Is it the top to a brewing crock? Jpe; < Message edited by epgorge -- 4/10/2007 7:26:07 AM > _____________________________ (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 9

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 7:38:46 AM    epgorge Posts: 2422 Joined: 12/29/2006 Status: offline A Chimley flue thimble? Joel _____________________________ (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 10

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 8:06:49 AM    towhead Posts: 914 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline Covered the cellar stairs....chalkboard....Table Top....? (in reply to epgorge) Post #: 11

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 10:27:05 AM    akronmarbles   Posts: 55 Joined: 7/30/2006 From: Akron, Ohio Status: offline Is it part of an old gravity furnace? (in reply to towhead) Post #: 12

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 10:28:38 AM    akronmarbles   Posts: 55 Joined: 7/30/2006 From: Akron, Ohio Status: offline Second guess...meat cutting block? The groove looked like a drain. (in reply to akronmarbles) Post #: 13

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 12:04:33 PM    HunterGatherer   Posts: 98 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle armor from the 19th century obviously. ... I dunno, what was it, one of those round sleds or something? (in reply to akronmarbles) Post #: 14

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 12:08:08 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 1727 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline akronmarbles is on the right track.....think of a household chore kind of thing....... _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to HunterGatherer) Post #: 15

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 12:26:49 PM    towhead Posts: 914 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline Would it be the cover to one of those old-fashioned round washing machines? _____________________________ J (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 16

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 1:02:35 PM    towhead Posts: 914 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline Slate?  Could it be used for ironing? (in reply to towhead) Post #: 17

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 1:36:24 PM    capsoda Posts: 8088 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline How about drying dishes on. The groves would channel away the excess water. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to towhead) Post #: 18

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 1:50:28 PM    huffmnd   Posts: 372 Joined: 8/8/2005 From: Sparta Tennessee Status: offline Indoor well hole cover. (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 19

RE: Quess what it was used for? - 4/10/2007 1:55:50 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 1727 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Think of something pioneers would have to make for themselves, the answer will come soon, and that aint no lye. _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to huffmnd) Post #: 20

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