The plant at Wabash, Indiana, began as the asbestos textile plant of the Perfection Tire & Rubber Company: a 1970 "Remember When?" item in Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, recalled that in 1920 Mikesell Brothers Company of Chicago announced its purchase of that plant, and that "It was planned to expand the plant substantially."2 In a November 1921 advertisement in Asbestos, Mikesell Brothers named its "Plant and Works at Wabash, Indiana" and listed asbestos carded fibre, yarn, tapes, cloths, millboard, gaskets, packings, wick and rope packing, folded and stitched brake linings, clutch disc facings, pipe coverings and cements.1
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Asbestos Magazine, 1921, November 1921
- Products made: “Asbestos Carded Fibre, Yarn, Tapes, Cloths, Millboard, Gaskets, Packings, ... Folded and Stitched Brake Linings, Clutch Disc Facings, Pipe Coverings, Cements” (Mikesell Brothers Company), said by Mikesell Brothers Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 211
- Operated: “Plant and Works at Wabash, Indiana” (Mikesell Brothers Company), said by Mikesell Brothers Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 211
Asbestos Magazine, 1970, June 1970
- Owned or run by: “Purchase by Mikesell Brothers Company, Chicago, Illinois, of the asbestos textile plant of the Perfection Tire & Rubber Company, Wabash, Indiana” (Mikesell Brothers Company), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 632
Other names
Documents call this plant “Plant and Works at Wabash, Indiana”, “the asbestos textile plant of the Perfection Tire & Rubber Company, Wabash, Indiana”.
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References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1921, November 1921 (November 1, 1921), p. 21.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1970, June 1970 (June 1, 1970), p. 63.
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