![]() Snow guards or snow brakes, as they are sometimes called, began appearing on slate and metal roofs of New England in the late 1800s. Snow guards and a bit of their history are discussed in NPS " From Asbestos to Zinc" from which we quote: Our photo illustrates how snow creeps outwards from the roof edge in a shelf formation when no snow retention system is installed on a building.Įventually the snow extending out from this roof falls onto a lower roof at this building (see photo at page top), with a resounding whoomph that shakes the walls.
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