Documents in our library describe Asbestone 400 (National Gypsum) as “asbestone corrugated sheeting”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestone 400 (National Gypsum) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1961, August 1961
- Description: “Gold Bond Corrugated Asbestone "400" Roofing and Siding ... fireproof, weather-proof and rustproof permanent roofing and siding”, said by National Gypsum Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 261
- Form: “Asbestone Corrugated sheeting”, said by National Gypsum Company, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 261
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “Asbestone 400 (listed, product not given)” (as of 1961), p. 572
Kind of product
We list Asbestone 400 (National Gypsum) 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 National Gypsum (12)
Asbestone · Woodrock · Asbestos Permaboard · 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.) · 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) · Asbestos Millboard (Celotex) · Asbestos Millboard (Gaf/Ruberoid) · 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, 1961, August 1961 (August 1, 1961), p. 26.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 57. Not yet published in our library.
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