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Johns-Manville historical research

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Historical primary record

1958 industrial-board fabrication manual

Historical fabrication material describing cutting, drilling, sanding, milling and dust collection and identifying several Johns-Manville board families.

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Historical primary record

1958 Transite historical press material

Historical material describing Transite sheet, corrugated and tubular product history.

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Additional Johns-Manville documentary sources

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