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Anthony Panteleoni 9/ 26/12 - Vol. 1
p.25-7 - Crane Document repositories
a. 1992)
NYC (aka Despatch - p. 60) - repository for corp ops in NYC (prior to move to CT in
b. CT (aka Meyers - p. 60) - ops since 1992 move from NYC
c. Bolingbrook, IL - mostly Crane valve drawings
d. Freehold, NJ (Iron Mountain) - central repository where asbestos litigation docs are kept. Also records of Crane Co.'s previous ops and mfg facilities that were either divested or closed.
p.33 - Crane's first asbestos case was in 1983
p. 50 - Crane co witness in Bollingbrook, IL Pat Bahland. She was involved as a sales supervisor or supervisor of inhouse sales.
p. 53-4 - some Crane Co Supply docs were sent to the corporate repositories, including Freehold, NJ.
p. 54-6 - Crane has a discovery database of all prior discovery searches it has performed.
p. 59-66 - Description of Crane's data collection system.
p. 68 - Bollingbrook has ship records and drawings (previously on microfiche, but they are working on a scanning system)
p. 78 - founded in 1855
p. 87 - Crane Supply was part of Crane Co. (and not a separate co.)
p. 93 - has seen Crane Co. slogan "One source of supply, one responsibility, one standard of quality" (Exh. 5
p. 97-8; 103 - Crane Supply could have sold products not in the catalogs (does not include all A/C pipe or all boilers)
p. 108 - Crane Supply in Salinas was sold to Keenan in 1971. p. 110-1 - Exh. 6 was compiled by legal regarding when Crane Supply branches closed. p. 136 - Crane Supply sold asbestos insulation p. 139 - sold Cranite sheet packing from around 1920 to the mid 1970s mfg by Goodyear and Goodrich p. 140 - Cranite always contained between 75 and 85% asbestos p. 141-143 - Goodyear and Goodrich had a spec they had to meet for Cranite (Exh. 10). p. 153 - prior to the mid 1950s, some boilers had asbestos insulation under the jackets. p. 154 - from 1960-68 Crane Co. manufactured Pacific boilers. In 1960, Crane Co. bought US/National and Cyclotherm, National and Pacific came with the acquisition.