Today, the slate is processed using modern and mechanical aids.
The sawing technology improved the working conditions of the workforce.
Transportation of the slates with horse-drawn carts,
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Not far from the vicarage is an enclosed spring from which water still runs even in hot, dry summers. It is called "Pastors Strülleken". In Sauerländer Platt, "Strülleken" stands for a