Documents in our library describe Asbestos Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) as “pipe insulation”.1 They give it as made 1888–1890.1 The asbestos named is chrysotile.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestos Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1888”, p. 1061
- Form: “Pipe Insulation”, p. 1061
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1890”, p. 1061
- Description: “composed of a fire-proof non-conducting lining of asbestos, surrounded by alternate layers of asbestos and non-conducting felt”, p. 731
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1061
- Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1061
Kind of product
We list Asbestos Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Johns-Manville (60)
Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestocel · 85 Magnesia · Thermobestos pipe covering · Asbestos and Hair Felt Removable Covering · Asbestos Combination Spiral Pipe Insulation · Asbestos Fire Felt Covering · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging · Asbestos Hair Felt Covering · Asbestos Molded Blocks · Asbestos Moulded Sectional Covering · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) · Celite · Champion Sectional Covering · Cobra · Colorthin · Equality · Eureka Covering · Express Covering · and 40 more on the company's page
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (216)
Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Anti-Sweat (Mundet Cork) · Anti-sweat (Nicolet) · Anti-Sweat (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos Co.) · Armstrong LT Cork Coatings (Armstrong Cork) · Asbeston (U.S. Rubber) · Asbestos Paper (Celotex) · Asbestos Paper (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sponge (Mundet Cork) · Asbestos Sponge (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Nicolet) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) · Atlasite (Atlas Asbestos) · Best Felt (Armstrong Cork) · Best Felt (Keasbey & Mattison) · Bestfelt (Nicolet) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 106.
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