Alcoa Badin Plant in North Carolina
Alcoa Badin
In 1913, the French company L’Aluminium Français began building an aluminum smelting plant and a dam along the Yadkin River, leading to the creation of the town of Badin to accommodate its workforce. The onset of World War I, however, forced the French to abandon the project. In 1915, the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) took over the site, completed the Narrows Dam, and started aluminum production by 1917. Powered by hydroelectric energy from the river, the plant quickly became a major local employer. Alcoa added local dams for more power and added capacity over the decades. In 2002, the Badin plant ceased production. It was officially closed a few years later.
Asbestos Products
Over the years, Alcoa used many different asbestos products at this facility. Among the products that may have been used here were products manufactured or supplied by Johns Manville, Owens Corning Fiberglas, Childers MFG., U.S. Gypsum, Harbison-Walker, AP Green, Phillip Carey, Austin Asbestos, Chicago Firebrick, Carborundum, Quigley Co., Louisville Insulation and Supply Co, Lovell Insulations, Eagle-Pitcher, GAF Corp., Plibrico, Stanton, Glasrock Products, Iowa-Illinois Thermal, Electric Supply, Globe Machinery, Sauereisen Cements Co., as well as some Carey products. Cappolino Dodd Krebs, LLP is aware of many more specific products used at this facility.
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