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preservation secret
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William Gould <[log in to unmask]>
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Royal Order of Lacunae Pluggers <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 28 Feb 2001 22:19:22 -0500
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Hartford Courant, Saturday 24, 2001

Historical Society Nails Funds For Roof Repair

With approval of a grant, the Glastonbury Historical Society can move forward with plans to replace the roof on the historic Wells Shipman House. "The house, built in 1755, will receive a new layer of pressure treated red cedar shingles that officials say will last for decades."

" The new shingles will also help stave off fungus, lengthening the new roof's life," according to Ed Swift, a historical society volunteer and chairman of the Wells Shipman Ward property.

"We're putting high-tech in where you can't see it.  That's the secret to all this historic preservation," said Swift.

And, Ed, if your shingles are CCA treated you are dumping arsenic on the ground around the building with the potential of roof runoff ending up tin the salmon brook, which runs adjacent to the house.  High tech?

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