Roofing Granules

ID: 1414 ~ Source: Minnesota Historical Society

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By 1947, 3M was producing enough
roofing granules to cover 1,200,000 houses.

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Abrasives Products & Manufacturing

By Marjorie Pearson, Summit Envirosolutions, Inc.

3M INNOVATIONS IN ABRASIVES PRODUCTS Abrasives: The Sandpaper Story 3M began manufacturing a single product, abrasive sandpaper, in 1905 at a plant in Duluth. Sandpaper was still the only product when the company relocated to Saint Paul in 1910. The…