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Transite (Johns-Manville)

Documents in our library describe Transite (Johns-Manville) as “board”.1 They give it as sold from 1907.2 They put its asbestos content at 35%.3 The asbestos named is chrysotile. It was rated for temperatures up to 600 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

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

Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)

  • Temperature limit: “-50 to 600”, p. 781
  • Asbestos content: “Asbestos Fiber and Cement”, p. 781
  • Form: “Board”, p. 781
  • Description: “Asbestos and cement formed into board. Used as siding in places requiring incombustible boards. Rigid.”, p. 781

USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)

  • Sold from: “first used in commerce 1907-02-01”, said by JOHNS-MANSVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Description: “ASBESTOS-CEMENT PIPE-NAMELY, PRESSURE PIPE , HOUSE-CONNECTION PIPE, SEWER PIPE, AND PIPE FITTINGS; CORRUGATED ASBESTOS-CEMENT SHEETS; AND FLAT ASBESTOS-CEMENT SHEETS AND WALL PANELS”, said by JOHNS-MANSVILLE CORPORATION, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2

Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for TRANSITE (1982)

  • Asbestos content: “by weight approx. 35”, p. 13
  • Ingredient: “Portland Cement 65”, p. 13
  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile Asbestos Fiber”, p. 13
  • Description: “asbestos-cement products” (as of 1953), p. 1194

Kind of product

We list Transite (Johns-Manville) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

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

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

Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Asbestocel · Metal-on · Superex-m · Superex-sg · Temp-Tite · Therm-o-bestos · Thermo Fire Felt · Thermomat · Thermowrap · Transite Acoustical Panel · Transite Core Plate · Transite Insulated Roof · Transite Panel · Transite Sewer Pipe · Transite-Korduct · Transitop · Tuff-Link · 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) · Therm-O-Tec (National Gypsum) · Thermalux (U.S. Gypsum) · Thermo-board (Philip Carey) · Timbertex (Ruberoid) · Tip Top (Ambler Asbestos Shingle & Sheathing Company) · Top Notch (Lehon) · Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison) · Tri-Tone (Philip Carey) · Triple A (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Triple Aaa Hip & Ridge Shingles (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Turnall "Colourgaze" (Atlas Asbestos) · Turnall (Turners Asbestos) · Turnall Granitone (Turners Asbestos) · Turnall Weatherall (Turners Asbestos Cement Co. Ltd. (Turner & Newall)) · Turnall Weatherall (Turners Asbestos Cement) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

References

  1. Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 78.
  2. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (August 11, 1949). Not yet published in our library.
  3. Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for TRANSITE (March 18, 1982), p. 1.
  4. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 119. Not yet published in our library.

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