American Optical Operating Plant – Buffalo NY In 1935, The American Optical Company purchased Spencer Lens Company, located on Eggert Rd. in Buffalo, NY. By 1938, the plant began manufacturing ophthalmic instruments. In 1945, the Spencer Lens Company changed its name to American Optical Scientific Instrument Division and in 1950, their plant was expanded to […]
Asbestos Exposure at Bethlehem Steel Company – Staten Island Founded in 1895 and located on the north shore of Staten Island, Bethlehem Steel Company originally constructed wooden vessels under the name of The Burlee Drydock Company. In 1916 the yard began to construct steel ships. The shipyard was purchased and renamed by Bethlehem Steel Company […]
Combustion Engineering was founded in 1912 and is known for developing fossil and nuclear steam power supply systems throughout the United States. Combustion Engineering also was a manufacturer and distributer of boilers, cement, insulation, adhesives and asbestos coatings. Combustion Engineering was originally headquartered in New York City, but moved its headquarters to Stamford, Connecticut in […]
A.P. Green Industries initially opened in the 1910s and produced warship boilers used in World War I and World War II. Even though A.P. Green Industries knew of the dangers of asbestos they used this dangerous mineral in its products through 1973. Many of their refractory products remain in aging machinery today and continue to […]
Orange and Rockland Utilities began as Rockland Light & Power Co. in Nyack, NY in 1899. In 1958 they merged with Orange and Rockland Electric Company and became known as Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., with their subsidiary, Rockland Electric Company, they are wholly known as Consolidated Edison, Inc. (since 1999). Today they provide electric […]
New York Shipbuilding Corporation Asbestos Exposure New York Shipbuilding Corporation was established in 1899 by Henry Morse. New York Shipbuilding Corporation, also called “New York Ship,” was supposed to be in New York City. However, due to a failed real estate deal, New York Shipbuilding was based in Camden, New Jersey. It spanned 160 acres […]