Asbestos wall board was used in building this town

 

The photographs below reveal that asbestos wall board was used in building this town in Ohio.

The men working on the Greenhills Resettlement project in 1937 were exposed to asbestos. I wonder if they became ill later and if the wallboard has been removed. Greenhills alone cost $11.5 million, which included purchasing 5,360 acres of land in Springfield Township. About 3,300 workers spent 4.3 million man-hours constructing the town, and many of them became its first residents.

Photojournalist, Russell Lee, visited the Greenhills project in February 1937 and took the following pictures of construction.

Beginning the construction of houses. Greenhills, Ohio

Asbestos board house. (When they thought asbestos was safe) Greenhills, Ohio Feb. 1937

A two-family asbestos board house. Greenhills, Ohio

A group of houses at the Greenhills project. Ohio. These buildings have asbestos board siding

House nearing completion. Greenhills, Ohio Dec, 1936 by photographer Brice Martin

Construction on Greenhills project, Ohio Dec, 1936 by photographer Brice Martin

Mixing wall plaster for a Greenhills, Ohio, house

Man plastering wall in Greenhills, Ohio house

Houses under construction at Greenhills project near Cincinnati, Ohio

Using the level to lay cinder blocks. Ohio

Laying brick. Greenhills project, Ohio

Men working on flashing of chimney. Greenhills, Ohio

Workmen soldering metal trim on roof. Greenhills, Ohio

Pile of soil pipe. Greenhills, Ohio Feb. 1937 and old cars

Laying a hardwood floor. Greenhills project, Ohio Feb. 1937

Installing wallboard in a house. Greenhills project, Ohio Feb. 1937

Installing wallboard in a house at the Greenhills project, Ohio. Note sound proofing and insulation

Plumbers at work in the basement of a house on the Greenhills project, Ohio

View of the Greenhills project, Ohio Feb. 1937

House under construction at Greenhills, Ohio

Aerial view of Greenhills, Ohio in January 1938

Workmen going home from work. Greenhills, Ohio Feb. 1937

 

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