Monson Slate Roofing
The careful recycling of Monson roof replacement slate will ensure that many of the old roofs will be kept intact, as one of the most necessary ingredients in slate roof restoration is replacement slates that match the slate on the roof. Munson is a quiet, quaint little village, founded in 1822, just two years after Maine gained statehood. Nestled on the shore of Lake Hebron, near Monson Pond, it is just a few miles south of the beautiful Moosehead Lake in north central Maine. Life changed for the residents of Monson in the summer of 1870, When William Griffith Jones, a Welshman, discovered an outcropping of slate while riding his horse. Welshmen at that time were considered the foremost authorities on excavating and cutting granite, marble and slate, and apparently Mr. Jones understood that slate had commercial value, so he bought the slate-bearing land from a hotel keeper and started the development of his Eureka slate quarry within days.
