Cape Asbestos Company, Ltd.'s accounts, reprinted in Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, in July 1932, listed the "Freehold Land and Factory at Barking" among its property.2 In July 1953 the same journal called Barking "the first large factory which started with the acquisition of two acres of ground in 1911," and wrote that it "now manufactures a vast range of asbestos products including Caposite preformed heat insulations and Capasco moulded brake linings."1
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Asbestos Magazine, 1953, July 1953
- Asbestos products made: “Barking ... now manufactures a vast range of asbestos products including Caposite preformed heat insulations and Capasco moulded brake linings” (Cape Asbestos Company Ltd.), p. 101
Asbestos Magazine, 1932, July 1932
- Operated: “Freehold Land and Factory at Barking” (Cape Asbestos Company, Ltd.), said by Cape Asbestos Company, Ltd., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 452
Other names
Documents call this plant “Freehold Land and Factory at Barking”, “Barking”, “Barking Works”.
See also
- Cape Asbestos Company, Ltd.: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1953, July 1953 (July 1, 1953), p. 10.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1932, July 1932 (July 1, 1932), p. 45.
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