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Article: PC sheet plays a role in historic preservation. (Applications in Plastics).(Bayer Corp., Sheffield Plastics Inc. polycarbonate sheet protects Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum)(Brief Article)
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- Plastics Engineering
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The restored windows and doors of the Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, Inc., in Houston are prepared for generations of visitors, thanks to clear plastic sheet made from Makrolon DP1-1804 polycarbonate (PC) resin from Bayer Corp. The PC sheet, Hyzod AR from Sheffield Plastics, Inc. (a Bayer subsidiary), is used to unobtrusively protect architectural features of this home, built by Yates circa 1912 in the Freedmen's Town area of Houston, now a National Historic District.
In addition to being the first residence restored to historical accuracy in one the last surviving reconstruction-era African-American communities in the urban U.S., the Yates home also serves as a ...
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