New York has been a leading state for manufacturing and shipyard industries since the time of our forefathers. Throughout the 20th century, asbestos products were widely used in a number of plants and facilities found throughout the state of New York. For many, this exposure would eventually lead to the development of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases.
Shipyards in New York
Located along the Atlantic Ocean, New York is ideally located for industries related to shipbuilding. Both naval ships and private ships constructed in New York during the 20th century contained high levels of asbestos. Used for insulation and fireproofing, both shipbuilders and those who later occupied these ships. especially naval workers, were routinely exposed to asbestos fibers.
Some of New York’s more prominent shipyards include:
- New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn
- Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn
- Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island
- C. Hiltebrandt Drydock, Kingston
- C.L. Seabury, Morris Heights
- Gas Engine and Power, Morris Heights
- Greenport Basin and Construction, Greenport
- Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay
- Robert Jacob Shipyard, City Island
- Standard Shipbuilding, New York
- Todd Pacific Shipyards, Brooklyn
- Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone
Plants and Facilities
A number of other New York manufacturing plants and facilities dotted throughout the state have been linked to rampant and excessive asbestos exposure. General Electric in Schenectady and Eastman Kodak in Rochester are perhaps two of the most noteworthy.
Other locations include the Schlitz Brewery in Baldwinsville, Union Carbide in Port Chester, and Dunlop Tire in Buffalo. Of course, countless other New York employees worked with or around asbestos fibers throughout much of the 20th century.
Mesothelioma in New York
Simon, Eddins & Greenstone, LLP are mesothelioma lawyers who have worked with numerous New York asbestos victims. We have extensive knowledge of New York’s laws and have a strong history of helping those exposed to asbestos receive fair compensation for their resulting illnesses.
Simon, Eddins & Greenstone, LLP has filed mesothelioma petitions in such New York counties as Nassau, Niagara, Schenectady and New York. For an example of clients our mesothelioma attorneys have represented, please review our featured client story of Lloyd Higgins, for which New York company Union Carbide was a listed defendant.
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