Article: Watkins museum roof repairs delayed.

Byline: Jonathan Kealing

Apr. 25--The Watkins Community Museum of History is still many months away from completion of repairs to its roof. In fact, according to a report from John Coffman, an engineer with CMR Construction who is overseeing the project, to the Douglas County Historical Society, procurement of the rare red slate used on the building's roof could take until the end of summer. Coffman said the quarry where that slate is produced, in Granville, N.Y., just started producing the slate this week. It will take at least two months for enough slate to be produced for the roof to be repaired. The roof was damaged in a hailstorm about a year ago, ...

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