Mesothelioma Lawyers and Doctors in Yonkers

Yonkers Overview

Settled in the 1640s, Yonkers was primarily a farming town, although the nearby Hudson and Nepperhan Rivers made trade and small industry possible quite early, including one of the first saw mills in the New World. The 19th century saw a boom in industrial activity, in part due to rail travel beginning in 1848. In 1853, Elisha Otis established the Otis Elevator Company to produce his newly designed safety elevator. Otis closed its Yonkers factory in 1983, but the company remains the world’s largest manufacturer of elevators and escalators. Other companies benefitting from their founder’s innovations included Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Company (est. 1865) and the Waring Hat Manufacturing Company (est.1849), at one time among the world’s largest producers of carpet and hats, respectively. In 1909, Leo Baekeland invented the synthetic plastic “Bakelite”. Though war production sustained some of Yonkers’ industry through the mid-20th century, price competition forced many of the factories to relocate or close for good. Recently there has been some resurgence of manufacturing, including a Kawasaki railroad car plant which occupies the old Otis Elevator works.

Yonkers’ substantial history of manufacturing and construction activity makes asbestos exposure an ongoing concern. For your convenience, we have listed mesothelioma cancer centers located in or near Yonkers at the bottom of this page. If you were exposed to asbestos in Yonkers, you may benefit from seeking the advice of a mesothelioma lawyer.

Other Asbestos Exposure Sites in Yonkers, New York

Mesothelioma.com has compiled information obtained from a number of sources to identify the following jobsites in Yonkers where asbestos exposure was known to have occurred. These sites are listed below.

• A. B. Barr and Company
• Alex Smith Sons Carpet Company
• Anaconde Wire & Cable
• Arthur Blair Shipyard
• City of Yonkers Water Department
• Graphite Metallizing Corporation
• Habirshaw Cable and Wire Corporation
• Habirshaw Wire Company
• J.A. Kaplan & Sons
• Leake and Watts Orphan House
• Natl. Sugar Refining Company of N.J.
• New Yonkers Public Library
• New York Central Railroad Company
• Otis Elevator
• Palmieri Contracting Corporation
• Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation
• Powerhouse
• Refined Syrups & Sugars, Inc.
• Robert M Mcculloch
• Roosevelt High School
• S S Hepworth and Company
• Saunders Trades School
• St. Johns Hospital
• Suchar Process Company
• T H Miller
• Union Railway Company
• Vulcantex Corporation
• Walt Whitman Jr. High School
• Waring Hat Manufacturing Company
• Westchester Town House
• Yonkers Plumbing Supply
• Yonkers Railroad Company
• Younkers Board of Education

Contact a Mesothelioma Doctor near Yonkers, New York

For your convenience, we have prepared the following list of mesothelioma doctors located within a 100-mile radius of Yonkers, New York. To view more information about the doctor’s background, areas of expertise, professional affiliations and office locations, please click on the doctor detail link provided.