Documents in our library describe Fire-King (Johns-Manville) as “asbestos & glass fiber shingles”.1 They give it as sold from 1968.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Fire-King (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos & glass fiber shingles” (as of 1968), p. 771
Asbestos Magazine, 1968, March 1968
- Asbestos content: “combine glass fiber and asbestos; glass-fiber asbestos reinforcement”, said by Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 132
- Sold from: “a new FGA line of roofing, introduced by Johns-Manville Corporation”, said by Johns-Manville Corporation, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 132
Kind of product
Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.
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
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 77. Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1968, March 1968 (March 1, 1968), p. 13.
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