Documents in our library describe Hollywood Asbestos (Asbestos Mining & Mfg. Co. (Hollywood, GA)) as “hollywood asbestos (listed, product not given)”.1 They put its asbestos content at 95%.2 It was rated for temperatures up to 6000 °F.3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Hollywood Asbestos (Asbestos Mining & Mfg. Co. (Hollywood, GA)) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “Hollywood Asbestos (listed, product not given)” (as of 1924), p. 841
Asbestos Magazine, 1926, May 1926
- Use: “coarser fibre for first or brown coat in plaster, fines for finishing coat; grades bought by rubber, flooring and roofing companies, also for stucco”, p. 292
- Fiber grade: “naturally a short fibre; three shades of buff, one of dark brown, a near red, and two shades of white; several grades in each color”, p. 292
- Asbestos content: “95% pure asbestos”, said by Dr. L. C. Glenn, Geologist of Vanderbilt University, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 292
Asbestos Magazine, 1924, April 1924
- Temperature limit: “can endure as much as 6000 degrees F., without breaking down or fusing”, p. 323
- Use: “flooring of the Y. M. C. A. building, Sears-Roebuck and other large buildings in Chicago; filtering medium and clarifier”, p. 323
- Asbestos fiber: “Amphibole”, p. 323
- Made at: “Hollywood, Georgia”, p. 323
References
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 84. Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1926, May 1926 (May 1, 1926), p. 29.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1924, April 1924 (April 1, 1924), p. 32.
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