Johns-Manville had a plant at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: in January 1921, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported the death of its manager, C. R. Manville.2 In March 1928 the same journal reported that the Federal Asbestos & Insulating Company of Milwaukee had acquired "several buildings of former Johns-Manville works at Thirty-second and State Street" and would rebuild the area as an additional production unit, at an estimated cost of $75,000.1
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Asbestos Magazine, 1928, March 1928
- Owned or run by: “acquired several buildings of former Johns-Manville works at Thirty-second and State Street” (Federal Asbestos & Insulating Company), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 471
Asbestos Magazine, 1921, January 1921
- Operated: “the Johns-Manville plant at Milwaukee, Wisconsin” (Johns-Manville), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 562
Other names
Documents call this plant “Johns-Manville plant at Milwaukee, Wisconsin”, “former Johns-Manville works at Thirty-second and State Street”.
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Asbestos exposure sites in Wisconsin
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1928, March 1928 (March 1, 1928), p. 47.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1921, January 1921 (January 1, 1921), p. 56.
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