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Homasote was widely used as wall sheeting from the 1940s into the 1970s. Due to the development of more fire-resistant gypsum board , it has decreased in popularity as a wall sheeting. Homasote is found in studio spaces and featured in many art institutions as a wall covering and doubling as a type of cork board.
In time it became a generic term for other companies' similar asbestos-cement products, and later an even more generic term for a hard, fireproof composite material, fibre cement boards, typically used in wall construction. It can also be found in insulation, siding, roof gutters, and cement wallboard. The more prevalent transite found in wall ...
In 1976 it established a scaffolding division [5] and in the late 1970s it developed asbestos-free products such that by 1980 it had become the world's foremost supplier of asbestos-free protection and insulation board. [6] Although it had a full listing during the 1980s it was at that time 67.3% owned by Charter Consolidated plc. [6]
A $1.2 billion settlement trust was established in 1998 to settle claims arising from asbestos-containing products manufactured by both Celotex and Philip Carey. Celotex emerged from Chapter 11 in 1996.
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The Company was formed in February 1968 from the amalgamation of five Upper Clyde Shipbuilding firms: Fairfield in Govan (Govan Division), Alexander Stephen and Sons in Linthouse (Linthouse Division), Charles Connell and Company in Scotstoun (Scotstoun Division) and John Brown and Company at Clydebank (Clydebank Division), as well as an associate subsidiary, Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, in which ...
The Clyde Workers Committee was formed to campaign against the Munitions Act.It was originally called the Labour Withholding Committee. [1] The leader of the CWC was Willie Gallacher, who was jailed under the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 together with John Muir for an article in the CWC journal The Worker criticising the First World War.
A safety curtain is required per United States building codes if the proscenium wall is required to be fire rated. [1] The curtain is required to demonstrate a fire rating of approximately 30 min per testing. [2] In the UK, it is a requirement that a safety curtain must be fully down within the proscenium opening within 30 seconds of being ...