A Matter of Time

It is just a matter of time before this abandoned quarry building is no more. Every time I visit this location I observe a continual decline with more slate on the ground than above ground. On this visit, only a few months after my last, I noticed that the roof timbers have fallen and the back wall has lost even more of it’s structure. I know with certainty that the day will arrive when I climb up the incline onto the quarry plateau and the building will be gone. The day that happens will be a sad day for me as I always feel humbled by the conditions I know the workers endured in those times. My generation, and those that have followed, should appreciate that in most cases working conditions are significantly easier now than in the times when such quarries were in active operation.