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American Asbestos Company / Philadelphia Asbestos Company plant at Norristown, Pennsylvania

In December 1942, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that on November 13, 1942, the Philadelphia Asbestos Company "purchased the plant, equipment and raw material stocks of the American Asbestos Company of Norristown, Penna."1 The same item said the rest of the plant's capacity would go "principally to the manufacture of certain textile articles which are becoming critical in the Industry."1

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Location

Norristown, Pennsylvania, the city named in the documents. The dot marks the city, not the plant's address.

What each document says

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

Asbestos Magazine, 1942, December 1942

  • Products made: “Asbestos Cloth; textile articles” (Philadelphia Asbestos Company), p. 341
  • Owned or run by: “On November 13th, 1942, the Philadelphia Asbestos Company purchased the plant ... of the American Asbestos Company of Norristown” (Philadelphia Asbestos Company), p. 341

Other names

Documents call this plant “plant ... of the American Asbestos Company of Norristown, Penna.”, “Norristown plant”.

See also

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1942, December 1942 (December 1, 1942), p. 34.

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