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Once upon a time the main tool was the pick, used to prise out blocks of slate from the surrounding material. The entire mining and finishing processes were performed using hand tools only and for a long time slate was often even transported by hand. Now slate mines and workshops are equipped with modern equipment and machine tools, some of them computerised. New technology has opened up new production segments involving complex fabrication processes to create a broad range of objects and decorations. |
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