H.H. ROBERTSON Industrial Roofing Catalog 1943 ASBESTOS Start Price USD 199.99 Current Price USD 199.99 Time Left 27 days 3 hours 22 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 19, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 18, 2008 Location Kingston, Washington See more about 'H.H. ROBERTSON Industrial Roofing Catalog 1943 ASBESTOS' Description MAJOR MANUFACTURERS USE OF ASBESTOS DOCUMENTED HERE!   16 page, 8-1/2 x 11 inch catalog / brochure from 1943 (WWII era) shows H. H. Robertson of Pittsburgh PA Industrial Building Products. Robertson Protected Metal for Industrial Buildings details roofing sheets, siding sheets, mansard sheets and v-beam sheets. H.H. Robertson Company "originated Asbestos Protected Metal roofing & siding. Placed on the market in 1905 the material is now in it's 38th year of service to industry in the United States and more than 100 foreign countries."  Information is given on the history of this product's development & photos show the layers of the product close-up including asbestos, factories, installations worldwide, making the RPM (one process is it's 'sealed in an envelope of impregnated asbestos felt'). Lists companies that repeatedly used the asbestos product (and how many orders they've placed so far, one over 1700!)-- like Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA), American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp., Armstrong Cork Co., Bethlehem Steel Corp., British War Office, Consolidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.& subsidiaries (Dupont), Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., General Electric Co. U.S. & United Kingdom, Koppers Co., Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., New York Central Railway, Pan American Airways (PAN AM), Pennsylvania Railway System, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Republic Steel Corp., Southern Pacific Railway System, Standard Oil & Subsidiaries, Swift & Co.,  United States Pipe & Foundry Co., United States Steel Corp., Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. Photos include -- Standard Railway Equipment Co. Hammond Indiana; U.S. Air Corps Operations Hangar; U.S. Navy Yard; GATX tanker with raw materials; Baltimore Maryland chemical process plant; a Continous Pickler Building in Pennsylvania; a Foundry in Illinois; a Paper Mill in South Carolina and more. LOTS MORE ASBESTOS related catalogs, brochures, ads & books available in my eBay store SEATTLE RETRO to buy now!       Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!