Documents in our library describe Palmetto (Greene Tweed & Co.) as “palmetto line of gasketing and gaskets for flanges, joints, boiler manholes, furnace doors”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Palmetto (Greene Tweed & Co.) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1960, April 1960
- Description: “Palmetto line of gasketing and gaskets for flanges, joints, boiler manholes, furnace doors”, said by Greene, Tweed & Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 221
Asbestos Magazine, 1970, November 1970
- Change: “original Palmetto packing of Sea Island cotton yarn; improved Palmetto made using a hemp core and an outer jacket of asbestos yarn”, said by Greene, Tweed & Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), John A. Bettes, Jr., p. 62
- Made at: “Bronx plant” (as of World War II), said by Greene, Tweed & Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), John A. Bettes, Jr., p. 122
- Asbestos content: “braided entirely from prelubricated asbestos yarns”, said by Greene, Tweed & Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), John A. Bettes, Jr., p. 82
Asbestos Magazine, 1925, February 1925
- Use: “designed especially to meet the conditions of superheated steam, air and ammonia”, said by Ruth Brindze (Universal Trade Press Syndicate), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 93
- Asbestos content: “its asbestos packing—palmetto”, said by Ruth Brindze (Universal Trade Press Syndicate), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 73
- Asbestos fiber: “made of Canadian asbestos”, said by Ruth Brindze (Universal Trade Press Syndicate), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 73
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “packings” (as of 1952, 1953), p. 984
Kind of product
We list Palmetto (Greene Tweed & Co.) with gaskets and packing, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Pipefitters and Plumbers, Boilermakers, Millwrights, Machinists, and Industrial Mechanics.
Other gaskets and packing by Greene Tweed & Co. (9)
Gaskets and packing by other makers (202)
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References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1960, April 1960 (April 1, 1960), p. 22.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1970, November 1970 (November 1, 1970), p. 6.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1925, February 1925 (February 1, 1925), p. 9.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 98. Not yet published in our library.
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