Documents in our library describe Acousti-celotex (Celotex) as “wallboard”.1 They give it as made 1940–1949.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Acousti-celotex (Celotex) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
Celotex at the Fair (1939)
- Description: “patented, perforated acoustical material ... can be painted with ordinary paints”, p. 33
Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (1946)
- Description: “Acousti-Celotex Mineral Tile (M Series) composed of mineral fibre felted with a binder; Acousti-Celotex Cane Fibre Tile”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by Western Asbestos Co. (Architectural Manual), p. 64
Western Asbestos Co.: The Quiet Forum, Vol. 4, No. 2 (c. 1937)
- Use: “dome ceiling of the lecture room, Griffith Planetarium, Los Angeles (Acousti-Celotex Mineral Tile)” (sales to Griffith Planetarium, Los Angeles), p. 25
Kind of product
We list Acousti-celotex (Celotex) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. 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
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 3.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 16.
- Celotex at the Fair (January 1, 1939), p. 3.
- Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (January 1, 1946), p. 6.
- Western Asbestos Co.: The Quiet Forum, Vol. 4, No. 2 (c. 1937), p. 2.
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