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British Belting & Asbestos Limited / British Belting & Asbestos plant at West Auckland, County Durham

In July 1965, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that British Belting & Asbestos Limited had decided to build "a factory at West Auckland, County Durham, England, to house an asbestos yarn manufacturing unit," and expected it to be running "before the end of the year."2 In December 1966 the journal reported that British Belting & Asbestos had "started production at its new asbestos yarn manufacturing unit at West Auckland."1

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Location

West Auckland, County Durham, 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, 1966, December 1966

  • Opened: “started production at its new asbestos yarn manufacturing unit at West Auckland” (British Belting & Asbestos), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 71

Asbestos Magazine, 1965, July 1965

  • Description: “planned: building a factory at West Auckland, County Durham, England, to house an asbestos yarn manufacturing unit” (British Belting & Asbestos Limited), p. 272

Other names

Documents call this plant “a factory at West Auckland, County Durham”, “new asbestos yarn manufacturing unit at West Auckland”.

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1966, December 1966 (December 1, 1966), p. 7.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1965, July 1965 (July 1, 1965), p. 27.

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