A predecessor to Johns- Manville, the H. W. Johns' Manufacturing Company promoted the use of asbestos for a number of products. Here is an H. W. Johns' ad from 1877 along with an 1890 drawing of workers insulating a still, which is a vessel used for distilling, and the piping leading to the still.
Another asbestos manufacturer in the 1800's was The Phillip Carey Manufacturing Company, which claimed in 1899 that the company had the largest pipe covering and roofing plant in the United States. Along with the claim of Phillip Carey, are some additional examples of the use of asbestos include this drawing of a worker insulating a furnace and some asbestos rope packing.
