Canadian Johns-Manville's products plant stood in the town of Asbestos, Quebec: looking back in August 1971, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, recalled that in 1921 "The Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd. reported good progress in the erection of its new manufacturing plant at Asbestos, Quebec," and called it "the first large and complete plant for fabrication of asbestos products to be erected in Canada."3
The same journal reported in August 1941 that the company had "recently opened a department in their factory at Asbestos for the manufacture of Cedargrain Asbestos Shingles."1 In September 1964 it described the plant as "one of the largest in Canada devoted to the production of finished products made of asbestos for domestic and export requirements."2 In February 1977 Asbestos named Harry M. Hay as "Manager, Asbestos Products Plant, Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd., Asbestos, Quebec."4
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What each document says
Every statement about this plant in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1941, August 1941
- Products made: “Cedargrain Asbestos Shingles (new department incorporating the former Rigid Shingle Department)” (Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd.), p. 331
Asbestos Magazine, 1964, September 1964
- Asbestos products made: “manufacturing plant, which is one of the largest in Canada devoted to the production of finished products made of asbestos” (Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd.), p. 82
Asbestos Magazine, 1971, August 1971
- Opened: “good progress in the erection of its new manufacturing plant at Asbestos, Quebec. This was the first large and complete plant for fabrication of asbestos products to be erected in Canada” (The Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd.), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 623
Asbestos Magazine, 1977, February 1977
- Operated: “Harry M. Hay, Manager, Asbestos Products Plant, Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd., Asbestos, Quebec” (Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd.), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 424
Other names
Documents call this plant “their factory at Asbestos”, “manufacturing plant ... at Asbestos, P. Q.”, “new manufacturing plant at Asbestos, Quebec”, “Asbestos Products Plant, Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd., Asbestos, Quebec”.
See also
- Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd.: the company's documents, people, products and plants
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1941, August 1941 (August 1, 1941), p. 33.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1964, September 1964 (September 1, 1964), p. 8.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1971, August 1971 (August 1, 1971), p. 62.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1977, February 1977 (February 1, 1977), p. 42.
Mentioned on this site
- British Journal of Industrial Medicine
- Draft Summary and Chart of Dr. L. J. Bristol's X-Ray Study of J-M Plants (1970)
- H. M. Jackson to Dr. G. W. Wright and Dr. T. H. Davison on Dr. Enterline's Retiree Study Findings (1971)
- Joan Ross, Survey of Female Employees in the Canadian Johns-Manville Textile Department (1944)
- Leroy Gardner to Vandiver Brown on the X-Ray Review at Asbestos, Quebec (1944)
- Quebec Ministry of Health Dust Survey of the Canadian Johns-Manville Textile Plant (1944)
- Thomas J. Weeks and Allan F. Burns, "Performance of Dust Respirators Against a Fibrous Dust" (1970)
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“Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd. and later owners plant at Asbestos, Quebec.” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/plants/asbestos-qc-canadian-johns-manville.
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