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Asbestos on Ships: Not Just for Insulation.

February 10, 2023

Asbestos has been used on a variety of components on ships since at least the late 1800s. This blog isn’t about Navy ships as I already blogged on that topic at https://theasbestosblog.com/?p=9987. Rather, this blog is to provide a history primarily concerning civilian sailing vessels such as a cruise ship or an oil tanker and…
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Asbestos Uses: 125 Years Ago. Damn the Torpedoes!

November 26, 2021

The year was 1896 (or 1897) and the scientists employed by the United States Geological Survey at the Secretary of the Interior decided to expand their annual (almost annual) discussion on asbestos. One area on which they focused during this 1896-1897 edition was the ever broadening uses of asbestos in society during that time frame.…
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