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American Colonial (Johns-Manville)

Documents in our library describe American Colonial (Johns-Manville) as “a prefabricated asbestos cement strip shingle”.1 They give it as made until 1976.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about American Colonial (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1941, June 1941

  • Sold from: “recently announced to the building trade by Johns-Manville”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 291
  • Description: “a prefabricated asbestos cement strip shingle”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 291

Asbestos Magazine, 1976, August 1976

  • Same product as: “American Traditional (formerly J-M American Colonial Shingles)”, p. 142
  • Made until: “previously made by J-M; marketed by Supradur as American Traditional”, p. 142

Johns-Manville: The Farm Idea Book (c. 1942)

  • Use: “farm homes, dairy barns, granaries, machine sheds, storage buildings, poultry houses, hog houses and other farm buildings”, p. 63

Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (1946)

  • Description: “No. 559 American Colonial Cedar-grain (American method), 13" x 25", uniform thickness” (as of November 1945), p. 2294

The Home Idea Book: A Generation of Ideas for Better Living (c. 1950)

  • Ingredient: “asbestos fibre and Portland cement”, p. 455
  • Description: “roof shingle” (as of 1975), p. 536

Kind of product

We list American Colonial (Johns-Manville) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet and cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers, Roofers.

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Johns-Manville (119)

Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Asbestocel · Metal-on · 106H · 106H Asbestos Millboard · 219 Asbestos Millboard · 219 Millboard · 85 Magnesia · Ace Corspan · Air-Cell · Anti-sweat · Asbesto-sponge · Asbestoboard · Asbestobord · Asbestocite · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt · Asbestos Ebony · Asbestos Fire Felt · and 99 more on the company's page

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (264)

Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Air-Duct (Keasbey & Mattison) · Aircel (Philip Carey) · Aircell (Keasbey & Mattison) · Aircell (Nicolet) · Allstate (Sears) · Alumco (American Lumber Company) · Amberlite Packing (Keasbey & Mattison) · American Thatch (GAF) · American Thatch (Ruberoid) · Apac (Keasbey & Mattison) · Apac Board (Keasbey & Mattison) · Arta-Seal (CertainTeed) · Asbestex (Supercrete Pipes S.A.) · Asbestile (Asbestile S.A.) · Asbestobiex (Cape Asbestos) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

Other cloth, tape and other textiles by Johns-Manville (73)

Min-k · Thermobestos pipe covering · Thermomat · Thermotape · Thermowrap · AA Grade Asbestos Cloth · AA Grade Asbestos Tubing · Aaa Grade Asbestos Cloth · Aaa Grade Asbestos Tape · Aaa Grade Asbestos Tubing · Aaaa Grade Asbestos Cloth · Aaaa Grade Asbestos Tape · Armaturo Asbestos Tape · Asbestica · Asbestica Tape · Asbestos Cloth · Asbestos Listing · Asbestos Paper Tape · Asbestos Rope · Asbestos Tape · and 53 more on the company's page

Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (228)

Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Insutape (Unarco) · Novatex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Ablatube (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Advance 1211 (Advance Glove) · Advance 1253 (Advance Glove) · Advance Barbecue Chef (Advance Glove) · Air Cell (GAF) · Allbestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Aluminum Coated Asbestos Cloth (H. K. Porter) · Amosite Cloth (Unarco) · AO Thermogarb (American Optical) · Apg Hewitt (Allied Polymer Group) · Applon A Tfe (Applied Plastics) · Applon T Tfe (Applied Plastics) · Asbestall (U.S. Rubber) · Asbestall (Uniroyal) · Asbeston (U.S. Rubber) · and 208 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles

See also

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1941, June 1941 (June 1, 1941), p. 29.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1976, August 1976 (August 1, 1976), p. 14.
  3. Johns-Manville: The Farm Idea Book (January 1, 1942), p. 6.
  4. Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (November 1, 1945), p. 229.
  5. The Home Idea Book: A Generation of Ideas for Better Living (January 1, 1950), p. 45.
  6. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 53. Not yet published in our library.

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