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Pennsylvania Asbestos Company / Atlas Asbestos Company, North Wales plant at North Wales, Pennsylvania

The asbestos plant at North Wales, Pennsylvania, belonged first to the Pennsylvania Asbestos Company and then to the Atlas Asbestos Company: a 1952 company history of Atlas, published in Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, says that "in 1922 the company purchased the Pennsylvania Asbestos Company of North Wales, which manufactured roof coatings and furnace cement," and that Atlas "moved to North Wales where it continued the manufacture of those products."1 An advertisement in Asbestos in August 1923 tells a different story: it offered the "Plant of Pennsylvania Asbestos Company at North Wales, Pa." for sale, signed by Randolph W. Childs, "Trustee in Bankruptcy," and listed a three-story brick building, a fibrizer, a furnace cement mixer and a fibre cement mixer.3

According to the 1952 Atlas history, the company "then added equipment for the manufacture of asbestos textiles and by 1925 electrical insulating tape and woven automotive brake lining were in production."1 In April 1930 Asbestos reported that Atlas had bought land across the railroad and intended "to erect additions on this new tract and use them for the manufacture of its roofing materials, keeping the textiles in its present location."2 In October 1931 the journal reported work started on "a three story extension and addition to its plant," adding "about 100% to the floor space of the present main manufacturing building."4 The 1952 history says "the main plant was rebuilt and doubled in size in 1931," and that in 1933 Atlas "began production of molded automotive brake lining in its Plant No. 2," built on the adjoining land bought in 1930.1

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Location

North Wales, 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, 1952, April 1952

  • Owned or run by: “in 1922 the company purchased the Pennsylvania Asbestos Company of North Wales” (Atlas Asbestos Company), said by Atlas Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 161
  • Asbestos products made: “added equipment for the manufacture of asbestos textiles and by 1925 electrical insulating tape and woven automotive brake lining were in production” (Atlas Asbestos Company), said by Atlas Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 161
  • Description: “main plant rebuilt and doubled in size in 1931; molded brake lining from 1933 in Plant No. 2” (Atlas Asbestos Company), said by Atlas Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 161

Asbestos Magazine, 1930, April 1930

  • Products made: “roofing materials ... textiles” (Atlas Asbestos Company), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 492
  • Description: “erect additions on this new tract and use them for the manufacture of its roofing materials, keeping the textiles in its present location” (Atlas Asbestos Company), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 482

Asbestos Magazine, 1923, August 1923

  • Closed: “ASBESTOS PLANT FOR SALE ... Trustee in Bankruptcy” (Pennsylvania Asbestos Company), said by Randolph W. Childs, Trustee in Bankruptcy, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 323

Asbestos Magazine, 1931, October 1931

  • Description: “three story extension and addition to its plant ... about 100% to the floor space” (Atlas Asbestos Company), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 554

Other names

Documents call this plant “Plant of PENNSYLVANIA ASBESTOS COMPANY at North Wales, Pa.”, “Atlas Asbestos Company of North Wales, Pa.”, “North Wales”, “The main plant”, “Plant No. 2”.

See also

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1952, April 1952 (April 1, 1952), p. 16.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1930, April 1930 (April 1, 1930), pp. 48–49.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1923, August 1923 (August 1, 1923), p. 32.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1931, October 1931 (October 1, 1931), p. 55.

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