Located in Ohio, the shipyard was founded in 1898 and has a rich history. The Lorain Shipyard was the primary facility of the American Shipyard after World War II. Impressively, 5 of the 13 separate ore carriers of 1,000 ft. on the Great Lakes were manufactured in Lorain. The shipyard had two drydocks, and it was closed in 1984 after a series of labor disputes. However, employees were exposed to asbestos heavily on the American Shipyard between the 1920s and the 1980s. Asbestos was present in numerous places, such as the equipment used in the shipyard, the pipes and inner workings of the ships, the safety equipment, and the body of the ships. Insulators were heavily exposed to asbestos, as they had to handle raw asbestos without protective equipment.
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