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Johns-Manville, Inc. plant at Gretna, Louisiana

In January 1925, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that Johns-Manville, Inc. expected "to place in operation about April 1st the first unit of their plant at Gretna, La., near New Orleans," in a building leased from the American Cotton Oil Company.1 The journal wrote that "Roofing and asbestos shingles will be the first articles to be manufactured, other products later."1 By 1929 the plant was running: J-M's employee magazine, The J-M Circle, reported that R. B. Murphy was elected chairman of the "Safety Committee of Gretna Factory" at a meeting on January 16, 1929.2

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Location

Gretna, Louisiana, the city named in the documents. The dot marks the city, not the plant's address.

What each document says

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Asbestos Magazine, 1925, January 1925

  • Opened: “expect to place in operation about April 1st the first unit of their plant at Gretna, La.” (Johns-Manville, Inc.), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 431
  • Products made: “Roofing and asbestos shingles will be the first articles to be manufactured” (Johns-Manville, Inc.), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 431

The J-M Circle, 1929, March 1929

  • Operated: “Safety Committee of Gretna Factory” (Johns-Manville), said by The J-M Circle, as recorded by The J-M Circle, p. 122

Other names

Documents call this plant “plant at Gretna, La., near New Orleans”, “Gretna Factory”.

See also

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1925, January 1925 (January 1, 1925), p. 43.
  2. The J-M Circle, 1929, March 1929 (March 1, 1929), p. 12.

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