Documents in our library describe Asbestone (National Gypsum) as “asbestos-cement roofing & siding: roofing shingles, siding shingles, corrugated sheets, flat sheets”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestone (National Gypsum) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1954, January 1954
- Form: “Asbestos-Cement Roofing & Siding: roofing shingles, siding shingles, corrugated sheets, flat sheets”, p. 131
Asbestos Magazine, 1976, October 1976
- Made at: “It was during those years that Asbestone constructed its a/c products plant in St. Louis, Missouri” (at St. Louis), p. 442
Asbestos Magazine, 1953, January 1953
- Made at: “Asbestone with plants at New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Louis, Missouri” (as of 1953), said by National Gypsum Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 483
- Sold from: “The Asbestone trademark has been a respected one for over 30 years.” (as of 1953), said by National Gypsum Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 483
Asbestos Magazine, 1961, September 1961
- Use: “asbestos-cement faced sandwich panels for interior or interior-exterior use; curtain-wall, roof deck and window wall construction, interior partitions”, said by National Gypsum Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 324
Advertisement: Gold Bond ASBESTONE
- Asbestos content: “brings new styling, new color to Asbestos-Cement Roofing and Siding”, p. 15
Kind of product
We list Asbestone (National Gypsum) with insulating cement and coatings and asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Boilermakers, Carpenters and Construction Workers, Roofers.
Other insulating cement and coatings by National Gypsum (3)
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (321)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Asbestfalt (Metropolitan Greenhouse) · Asbestibel (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Asbestite (Belknap-Moran-Allen Co.) · Asbestocote (Asbesto Corp. of America) · Asbestolite M-44 (Monroe) · Asbestoment (Johns-Manville) · Asbestone (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Asbestoseal (Arthur's Company) · Asphalt Emulsion (Coopers Creek) · Asphalt Emulsion (Pittsburgh Chemical) · Asphalt Emulsion, Chemical Dispersion Type (Eagle-Picher) · Barret E22056 (Celotex) · Barret Roof (Celotex) · Beh No. 1 Plus (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · and 301 more: all insulating cement and coatings
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by National Gypsum (12)
Woodrock · Asbestos Permaboard · Asbestone 400 · Economy 250 · Pliaboard · Chroma-Tone · Classic-Shake · Humigard · Pps · Ranch Style · Sussex 32 · Therm-O-Tec
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (371)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestobord (Johns-Manville) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Asbestocite (Johns-Manville) · Asbestolux "60" (Cape Asbestos Group) · Asbestolux (North American Asbestos) · Asbestone (British Uralite) · Asbestone (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Asbestone (R. J. Dorn) · Asbestone 400 (Asbestone) · Asbestoroc (Keasbey & Mattison) · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Cement Siding and Roofing Shingles (Flintkote) · Asbestos Ebony (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging (Johns-Manville) · and 351 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- National Gypsum: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- National Gypsum on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1954, January 1954 (January 1, 1954), p. 13.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1976, October 1976 (October 1, 1976), p. 44.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1953, January 1953 (January 1, 1953), p. 48.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1961, September 1961 (September 1, 1961), p. 32.
- Advertisement: Gold Bond ASBESTONE, p. 1.
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