Russell Manufacturing Company plant at St. Johns, Quebec

In February 1929, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that the Russell Manufacturing Company was building a factory in Canada "for the express purpose of supplying motorists of the Dominion and the British Empire with brake lining for replacement."¹ The factory was at St. Johns, P. Q., and when completed, the journal said, it "will occupy an area of 80,000 square feet" and carry "the most highly specialized looms and machinery for the manufacture of the highest grade brake lining."¹

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What each document says

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Asbestos Magazine, 1929, February 1929

• Opened: “at present constructing a factory at St. Johns, P. Q., Canada ... brake lining” (Russell Manufacturing Company), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 29¹

See also

• Russell Manufacturing Company: the company's documents, people, products and plants

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1929, February 1929 (February 1, 1929), p. 29.