Documents in our library describe Acousteel (Celotex) as “bevelled 12" x 24" units with center scoring to represent 12" x 12" tile”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Acousteel (Celotex) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (1946)
- Form: “bevelled 12" x 24" units with center scoring to represent 12" x 12" tile”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by Western Asbestos Co. (Architectural Manual), p. 61
- Description: “face of perforated steel with a wrapped pad of sound absorbing rock wool”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by Western Asbestos Co. (Architectural Manual), p. 61
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos-cement panels” (as of 1968), p. 502
Kind of product
We list Acousteel (Celotex) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Celotex (6)
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (377)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · 705 (Owens-Corning) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · AC Board (Philip Carey) · Accobest (Armstrong Cork) · Accopac (Armstrong Cork) · Accopac Ad-8024 (Armstrong Cork) · Ace Corspan (Johns-Manville) · Agedroc (Atlas Asbestos) · Agedroc AO (Atlas Asbestos) · Agedroc MS (Atlas Asbestos) · Air Cell (GAF) · Air Cell (Mundet Cork) · Air-Cell (Johns-Manville) · Air-Duct (Keasbey & Mattison) · Aircel (Philip Carey) · and 357 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Celotex: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Celotex on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (January 1, 1946), p. 6.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 50. Not yet published in our library.
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