United States Gypsum Company plant at Jersey City, New Jersey

United States Gypsum Company made asbestos products at Jersey City, New Jersey, according to the company's own sworn answers in lawsuits in 1986 and 1988.^1,2 Both sets of answers list the same three lines made there: pipecoverings, first produced in 1936 and last in 1938; roofing, from 1937 to 1946; and an asbestos cement, from 1936 to 1939, meant for "insulation purposes where sheet and block insulation would be impractical."^1,2

A 1990 notice of what United States Gypsum reported names one product: Pyro-Bestos, "produced 1936 to 1939 in Jersey City, NJ," a pipe covering board and stack lining.³ An insurance company's 1981 list, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, describes Pyro-Bestos as a pipe cover and gives 1938 as its first year of manufacture, which differs from the 1936 the company's notice gives.^3,4

Location

Asbestos products made here

The products documents say were made at this plant, with the years a document gives for the product here. Each product's page has what the documents say about it, including its asbestos content.

• Asbestos Cement (U.S. Gypsum) · 1936–1939^1,2
• Pipecoverings (U.S. Gypsum) · 1936–1938^1,2
• Pyro-bestos (U.S. Gypsum)³
• Roofing (U.S. Gypsum) · 1937–1946^1,2

Asbestos claims

If you or a family member worked at this plant, lived with someone who did, or worked with its products, and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the United States Gypsum Asbestos PI Settlement Trust. Free case review.

What each document says

Every statement about this plant in the documents, in each document's own words.

Other names

Documents call this plant “Jersey City, NJ”, “Jersey City NJ”.

See also

• United States Gypsum Company: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• Asbestos exposure sites in New Jersey

References

1. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), p. 51.
2. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 43–44.
3. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 20.
4. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 7.