Documents in our library describe Cedargrain (Johns-Manville) as “no. 507 cedargrain american method asbestos shingles, 12" x 24", about 5/32" thick, staggered butt lines”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Cedargrain (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Slum Clearance Program: Specifications and Data on Various Building Materials (1938)
- Description: “No. 507 Cedargrain American Method Asbestos Shingles, 12" x 24", about 5/32" thick, staggered butt lines”, p. 831
Asbestos Magazine, 1937, March 1937
- Use: “exterior walls of J-M Triple Insulated demonstration homes”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 362
Asbestos Magazine, 1941, August 1941
- Made at: “department in the Canadian Johns-Manville factory at Asbestos” (at Canadian Johns-Manville factory, Asbestos), said by Canadian Johns-Manville Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 333
Asbestos Magazine, 1954, April 1954
Canadian Johns-Manville Co.: The Story of Asbestos, the Magic Mineral (1940)
- Description: “asbestos roofing and siding shingles reproducing wood shingles”, p. 75
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos-cement roofing”, p. 666
Kind of product
We list Cedargrain (Johns-Manville) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains 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 · Asbestos Paper and Rollboard · Asbestos Sheathing · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) · Asbestoside · C Asbestos Millboard · C Millboard · Carinsul · Chemstone · Colorbestos · Colorceran · Colorchip · Colorlith · Colorlith Chalkboard · Colorsil · Corspan · 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) · Bromley's Honor Pledge (George W. Bromley) · Carey (Philip Carey) · Careybesto-Board (Philip Carey) · Careyflex (Philip Carey) · Careysote (Philip Carey) · Careystone (Philip Carey) · Careystone Colonial Clapboard Siding (Philip Carey) · Cemesto (Celotex) · Cemesto Board (Celotex) · Cemesto Structural Insulating Panels (Celotex) · Century (Keasbey & Mattison) · Certa-Seal (CertainTeed) · China-Glaze (United States Gypsum) · Chrom-Tex (Keasbey & Mattison) · Chroma-Tex (Asbestone) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
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
- Slum Clearance Program: Specifications and Data on Various Building Materials (October 1, 1938), p. 83.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1937, March 1937 (March 1, 1937), p. 36.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1941, August 1941 (August 1, 1941), p. 33.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1954, April 1954 (April 1, 1954), p. 26.
- Canadian Johns-Manville Co.: The Story of Asbestos, the Magic Mineral (January 1, 1940), p. 7.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 66. Not yet published in our library.
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