THE STORY OF ASBESTOS — Part 5 | The Archive Project

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Shows the operation of mines and factories of Johns-Manville, Inc. Reel 1: Asbestos is mined as rock and fiber at Chrysotile, Wyoming and Quebec, Canada. It is sorted and sent to factories at Manville, New Jersey and Waukegan, Illinois, where it is crushed, mixed, and carded. Reel 2: Asbestos is made into brake linings, tubing, rubber cement, pipe insulation, and roofing. Shows how magnesia is used with asbestos. Reel 3: Roofing is tested and applied with asbestos shingles are manufactured.

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Records of the U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Public Information Films and Video Recordings

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1921-01-01

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3:37

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