Documents in our library describe Lasco (Lynch Asbestos) as “available for delivery in california in 3-foot, 6-foot and 9-foot lengths with collar attached to each length”.1 They give it as sold from 1951.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Lasco (Lynch Asbestos) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1951, December 1951
- Sold from: “The Lasco hot air duct has been introduced to the Los Angeles market by the Lynch Asbestos Company.”, said by Lynch Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 401
- Use: “pre-insulated duct for use with warm air furnaces; approved for interior warm air transmissions by the Building and Safety Department of the City of Los Angeles”, said by Lynch Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 401
- Form: “available for delivery in California in 3-foot, 6-foot and 9-foot lengths with collar attached to each length”, said by Lynch Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 401
- Ingredient: “built of reinforced, chemically-treated, corrugated asbestos paper”, said by Lynch Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 401
Asbestos Magazine, 1952, February 1952
- Description: “Lasco products described are: Aircell pipe covering, wool felt pipe coverings, foil anti-sweat pipe covering, anti-sweat pipe covering, foil insulation and corrugated asbestos paper (Aircell). Lynch Asbestos also manufactures Lasco hot air ducts and special size dust-stop filters” (as of 1952), said by Lynch Asbestos Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 422
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “hot-air duct” (as of 1951), p. 903
Kind of product
We list Lasco (Lynch Asbestos) with pipe covering and block insulation and paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (276)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Kalsil (Atlas Asbestos) · Kay-Therm (Keasbey & Mattison) · Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) · Kaylo 10 (Owens-Corning) · Kaylo 20 (Owens-Corning) · Kaylo-klad (Owens-Corning) · Kaytherm (Nicolet) · Lennolite (Philip Carey) · LK (AC&S) · LK (Armstrong Cork) · Lk-20 (Armstrong Cork) · LT (Armstrong Cork) · MA (Riva & Mariani) · Magno (Johns-Manville) · Marinite (Johns-Manville) · and 256 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (299)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · K & M 201 (Keasbey & Mattison) · K&M Best in Asbestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · K-board (Nicolet) · K-Mat (Hammermill Paper Co. (Strathmore Paper Co. Div.)) · Kalfelt (Atlas Asbestos) · Kreuznacher Asbest-Werke Germany Theo & Geo Seitz (Seitz-Asbest Werke, Theo & Geo Seitz) · Kreuznacher Filter-Undasbestwerke Germany.Theo & Geoseitz (Seitz-Asbest Werke, Theo & Geo Seitz) · Lily (Jujo Paper) · Long Fiber Asbestos Paper (Johns-Manville) · Micabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Micarta 8564 (Westinghouse) · Microbestos (Johns-Manville) · Millboard (GAF) · Min-klad (Johns-Manville) · Muffler (Celotex) · and 279 more: all paper, felt and millboard
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1951, December 1951 (December 1, 1951), p. 40.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1952, February 1952 (February 1, 1952), p. 42.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 90. Not yet published in our library.
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