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Here is a little piece of history about Bangor, PA

A Brief History of Bangor, PA

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Here is a little piece of history about Bangor, PA

A Brief History of Bangor, PA

Slate mining has been a tradition in Bangor for nearly 150 years. Before the discovery of slate only a small farming community existed here. That all changed, seemingly overnight upon the strike of slate in the mid 1850’s. Soon hundreds of Welsh, English and Italian slate miners moved in. The little village grew rapidly as houses, stores, schools and churches were built to accommodate the daily arrival of new immigrants. The little village which now appeared to be a growing metropolis was renamed Bangor, for it reminded the new people of Bangor, Wales; a very prominent slate mining town in the British Isles where most of the miners originated. Many quarries were dug and the Bangor area became quite prosperous for the slate found often proved very good. Soon Bangor slate earned a reputation as the finest slate available. Architects often specified it by name, thus adding to the already great demand. 

But what made Bangor slate so valued? The answer to this question is its ability to be split into very thin slabs without breaking. To better understand this mystery we must take you back 400 million years. Science claims that the Bangor area was once covered by a vast inland sea. As years passed, sediment slowly layered the ocean floor, eventu­ally becoming thousands of feet thick. Time, heat and tremendous pressure turned this layered clay-like material into very hard beds of stone. This unique layered formation would later be the very reason that man could split this stone into thin sheets of roofing slate, school blackboards, floor tiles and many other useful items.  

 Bangor’s slate industry would enjoy many successful years, however