Johns-Manville ran a plant at Marrero, Louisiana, which the fund answering lawsuits for Manville Corporation dated "1947 to 1980s" in sworn answers in 1990.3 An earlier plan appears in Asbestos, the industry's trade journal: in February 1936 it carried J-M's announcement of "a new $750,000 roofing plant at New Orleans," expected to make "asbestos and asphalt roofing and shingles, asbestos siding and similar building products" and, "when in full operation, give work to 400 men."1 That item names New Orleans and describes a plant still to be built; the rows do not say whether or when it opened.1
A 1957 J-M item in Asbestos says that "J-M built a new Transite Pipe plant at the Marrero operations in 1947," where the man it profiles became plant superintendent.2 In 1950 the journal listed Marrero among the plants making "Johns-Manville industrial products" under a new production supervisor.4
Manville's 1990 sworn answers list the "Marrero Plant products" as 15A Asbestos Jacket, 7700 Coated Asbestos Jacket, Insulkote ET, Insulkote ST, Laptite Cement and Transite Pipe.3 The same answers name the doctors who served the plant: Doctor Charles Gelbke "Prior to 1948," then a surgical clinic in Marrero from "1948 to 1985."3
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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.
- 15A Asbestos Jacket (Johns-Manville)3
- 7700 Coated Jacket (Johns-Manville)3
- Insulkote ET (Johns-Manville)3
- Insulkote ST (Johns-Manville)3
- Laptite (Johns-Manville)3
- Transite Pipe (Johns-Manville)3
Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about this plant in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1936, February 1936
- Products made: “asbestos and asphalt roofing and shingles, asbestos siding and similar building products (planned)” (Johns-Manville), said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 201
- Opened: “new $750,000 roofing plant at New Orleans (planned)” (Johns-Manville), said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 181
- Workforce: “400 men when in full operation (planned)” (Johns-Manville), said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 201
Asbestos Magazine, 1957, April 1957
- Asbestos products made: “When J-M built a new Transite Pipe plant at the Marrero operations in 1947” (Johns-Manville), said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 602
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Operated: “P. O. Box 128, Marrero, Louisiana (1947 to 1980s)” (Johns-Manville), p. 193
- Dust and health: “Marrero, LA Plant: 2 physician entries” (Johns-Manville), p. 563
- Products made: “15A Asbestos Jacket; 7700 Coated Asbestos Jacket; Insulkote ET; Insulkote ST; Laptite Cement; Transite Pipe” (Johns-Manville), p. 233
Asbestos Magazine, 1950, February 1950
- Operated: “Johns-Manville industrial products at Marrero, La.” (Johns-Manville), p. 424
Other names
Documents call this plant “Marrero Plant”, “Marrero, Louisiana”, “Marrero, LA Plant”, “Marrero”.
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Asbestos exposure sites in Louisiana
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1936, February 1936 (February 1, 1936), pp. 18, 20.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1957, April 1957 (April 1, 1957), p. 60.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), pp. 19, 23–24, 56.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1950, February 1950 (February 1, 1950), p. 42.
Mentioned on this site
- Asbestos Timeline
- Asbestos Timeline
- Asbestos Timeline
- C. L. Hite to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith on the X-Rays of Marrero Worker Steve Cedotal (1966)
- Dr. Hans Weill of Tulane to J-M on Grading Exposures at the Marrero Plant (1971)
- Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to L. E. Inguagiato on Barium Metaborate in Fungus-Resistant Asbestos Shingles (1959)
- Dr. T. H. Davison to R. J. Riley and J. A. Parks on Counseling Marrero Pneumoconiosis Cases (1971)
- Dr. William R. Paul to E. J. Riley on the Marrero Medical Program (1977)
- H. M. Jackson on a Meeting with Dr. Hans Weill at the Marrero Plant (1971)
- H. M. Jackson to J. A. Parks at Marrero on Following Up Dr. Bristol's X-Ray Readings (1969)
- H. M. Jackson to T. H. Eaton on the Travelers Dust Survey at the Marrero Transite Pipe Plant (1952)
- Johns-Manville Employee Relations Department Health Research Report, July 1971 (1971)
- L. E. Inguagiato to the Marrero Floor Tile Task Team on an Industrial Hygiene Survey (1962)
- The Johns-Manville Knowledge Chronology
- Thomas M. Nosewicz to Rodger L. Wilson on Davis v. Johns-Manville (1979)
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