The industrial revolution saw a marked increase in asbestos production and use in north america with the first commercial asbestos mine opening in 1874 in quebec.
Asbestos siding first used.
The fibres usually chrysotile asbestos white asbestos were used to impart strength or resistance to breakage of the asbestos cement product while shorts or dust or fine asbestos particles were used in some products as a filler.
Medium length asbestos fibres and possibly also asbestos shorts or fragments were used in fibre cement products.
The johns company began mining fibrous anthophyllite in 1858 for use as asbestos insulation at the ward s hill quarry in staten island new york.
High temperature inventions powered by steam first used asbestos materials to prevent fires.
Some friable products were also used in houses and may still be found in houses built before 1990.
Cementious siding and roofing such as fiber cement siding lap siding and fiber cement roof shingles containing asbestos may then have appeared on homes constructed between 1906 and 1980 in north america and continuing later in some other countries.
Asbestos cement was first developed in 1905 by the johns manville company who became one of the premier manufacturers of cement asbestos materials.
It was used extensively in construction projects until the 1970s when it was banned owing to the health dangers it posed.
Asbestos was first used in the 1930s because when mixed into building materials it offered flame resistance increased strength and insulation.
Once asbestos proved a stable and durable material it found its way into building construction products.
A brief history of asbestos cement siding asbestos cement is a mixture of portland cement reinforced with asbestos fibers.