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Chekko (Cresswell's Asbestos)

Documents in our library describe Chekko (Cresswell's Asbestos) as “chekko brake and clutch linings are absolutely free from cotton”.1 They give it as sold from 1921.1 They put its asbestos content at 100%.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Chekko (Cresswell's Asbestos) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1921, September 1921

  • Sold from: “manufacturers of the well-known Chekko brand of brake lining”, p. 541
  • Description: “Chekko Brake and Clutch Linings are absolutely free from cotton”, said by Cresswell's Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 541

Asbestos Magazine, 1927, August 1927

  • Made at: “mills ... located at Bradford, England, and known as the Wellington Mills”, p. 302
  • Asbestos content: “100% pure Asbestos Brake Lining”, p. 292

Asbestos Magazine, 1924, March 1924

  • Ingredient: “100% asbestos yarn ... latterly in their "Chekko" linings”, said by Cresswell's Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 293

Asbestos Magazine, 1966, October 1966

  • Description: “making Chekko brake and clutch linings” (as of 1966), p. 74
  • Description: “brake lining” (as of 1927), p. 675

Kind of product

We list Chekko (Cresswell's Asbestos) with brakes and friction materials, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Auto Mechanics and Brake Workers.

Brakes and friction materials by other makers (76)

Grey-Rock (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Aztec (Asbestos Textile Co.) · Mintex (British Belting & Asbestos) · Ring packing (Garlock) · Cobra (Johns-Manville) · American Brakeblok (American Brake Shoe) · Anchor Brake Shoes (Griffin Wheeler) · Asbesto-metallic (Johns-Manville) · Asbestographite (Gatke Corporation) · Autobestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Bendix (Bendix) · Carlisle “Premium” Class GC (Carlisle) · Cobra Brake Shoe (Railroad Friction Products Corporation) · Delco (General Motors) · Don-Flex (Small & Parkes) · F-m-c (Fiber Manufacturing) · Factory Lined Brake Shoes (Delco Moraine) · Flexiformed (Bondall) · FS Custom Four Star (Johns-Manville) · GM 5470 (General Motors) · and 56 more: all brakes and friction materials

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1921, September 1921 (September 1, 1921), p. 54.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1927, August 1927 (August 1, 1927), pp. 29–30.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1924, March 1924 (March 1, 1924), p. 29.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1966, October 1966 (October 1, 1966), p. 7.
  5. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 67. Not yet published in our library.

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