Documents in our library describe Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) as “asbestos packing, with oil, rubber or combination impregnation; asbestos sheet gasket material; asbestos gasket tape for locomotive front end plates and brake lining, woven or molded type”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1941, May 1941
- Description: “Asbestos Packing, with oil, rubber or combination impregnation; Asbestos Sheet Gasket Material; Asbestos Gasket Tape for locomotive front end plates and Brake Lining, Woven or Molded Type”, said by Union Asbestos & Rubber Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 351
Asbestos Magazine, 1941, August 1941
- Description: “Asbestos Pipe Covers, Rigid and Flexible Types; Asbestos Blanket or Sheet Insulation; Woven Asbestos Listing Tape for Insulation; Asbestos Insulating Tape comprising Woven Sheath and Filler, with or without waterproofing”, said by Union Asbestos & Rubber Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 382
Kind of product
We list Unarco (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) with pipe covering and block insulation, paper, felt and millboard, cloth, tape and other textiles, gaskets and packing and brakes and friction materials, 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, Millwrights, Machinists, and Industrial Mechanics, Auto Mechanics and Brake Workers, Roofers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. (3)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (273)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Train Pipe Covering (Johns-Manville) · Tri-calite (Crown Cork & Seal) · Trica-mag (Crown Cork & Seal) · Tricalite (Mundet Cork) · Type 19 (Crown Cork & Seal) · Type 19 Block (Mundet Cork) · Type M (Crown Cork & Seal) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Unibestos (Pittsburgh Corning) · Unibestos 1200 (Unarco) · Unibestos 750 (Unarco) · V-dent (Nicolet) · V-Dent (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos) · Vercel (Eagle-Picher) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · and 253 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other paper, felt and millboard by Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. (2)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (297)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Toasterbord (Johns-Manville) · Transhield (Johns-Manville) · Triple Aaa Hip & Ridge Shingles (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Tufbestos (Nicolet) · Tufedg (Munters) · Type GT (Johns-Manville) · Unarco (Unarco) · Unarco Asbestos Blanket (Unarco) · Uni Syn (Keasbey & Mattison) · Uniroof (Uni-Tubes Ltd. (England)) · V-dent (Nicolet) · Vangelder Papier (Koninklijke Papierfabrieken Van Gelder Zonen N.V.) · Ventsulation (Johns-Manville) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · and 277 more: all paper, felt and millboard
See also
- Unarco in the Lexicon
- Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1941, May 1941 (May 1, 1941), p. 35.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1941, August 1941 (August 1, 1941), p. 38.
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