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Century (Keasbey & Mattison)

Documents in our library describe Century (Keasbey & Mattison) as “k & m "century" shingles were pioneered for roofing and siding ... these asbestos-cement shingles ... available in many styles, sizes and colors.”.1 They give it as sold from 1916.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Century (Keasbey & Mattison) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1939, May 1939

  • Description: “K & M "Century" Shingles were pioneered for roofing and siding ... these asbestos-cement shingles ... Available in many styles, sizes and colors.”, p. 111

Keasbey & Mattison Company letter to Geo. H. Alt, Jr., on Asbestos "Century" Shingles (1916)

  • Sold from: “"Asbestos Century Shingles for Geo. H. Alt, Jr."” (sales to Geo. H. Alt, Jr., Grand Island, N.Y.), p. 12

Asbestos Magazine, 1921, March 1921

  • Made at: “The plant pictured on page 4 ... is where Asbestos "Century" Shingles, Asbestos Corrugated Sheathing and Asbestos Building Lumber, are made.” (as of March 1921), p. 643

Asbestos Magazine, 1943, March 1943

  • Description: “K & M "Century" Lapstrake Siding ... For fire-resistant building boards, insulating and sound-deadening boards, composition boards”, said by Keasbey & Mattison, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 394

Keasbey & Mattison Company: "Century" Asbestos-Cement Pipe with "Century" Simplex Couplings (1948)

  • Binder: “these strong, pliable, durable fibres are mixed with Portland cement”, p. 35
  • Description: “"Century" Pipe is made in accordance with and conforms to U. S. Federal Specification SS-P-351 covering asbestos-cement pipe”, p. 45

Asbestos Magazine, 1940, February 1940

  • Description: “asbestos cement conduit and duct and asbestos cement couplings and fittings used in connection with conduit and duct for use in electrical wiring and cable installations”, said by Keasbey & Mattison Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 336
  • Description: “asbestos-composition shingles, slates, tiles, sheets, sheathing, slabs and roofing materials”, said by Keasbey & Mattison Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 336

Asbestos Magazine, 1941, May 1941

  • Description: “Asbestos-Cement Pipes, Bends, Elbows, and Couplings and Fittings used in connection with Pipes”, said by Keasbey & Mattison Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 357
  • Description: “cement pipe” (as of 1951), p. 668

Kind of product

We list Century (Keasbey & Mattison) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Pipefitters and Plumbers, Carpenters and Construction Workers, Electricians and Electrical Workers, Roofers.

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Keasbey & Mattison (33)

'Century' Apac · Ebonized Asbestos · Fluid-Tite · Apac · Air-Duct · T-deck · Trafford Tile · Uni-syn Packing · Aircell · Amberlite Packing · Apac Board · Asbestoroc · Chrom-Tex · Dualay · Industal · Industrial · K & M 103 · K & M 601 · K & M 801 · K & M Aircell · and 13 more on the company's page

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (350)

Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Careystone (Philip Carey) · Careystone Colonial Clapboard Siding (Philip Carey) · Carinsul (Johns-Manville) · Cedargrain (Johns-Manville) · Cemesto (Celotex) · Cemesto Board (Celotex) · Cemesto Structural Insulating Panels (Celotex) · Certa-Seal (CertainTeed) · Chemstone (Johns-Manville) · China-Glaze (United States Gypsum) · Chroma-Tex (Asbestone) · Chroma-Tone (National Gypsum) · Classic (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Classic-Shake (National Gypsum) · Clipfast (GAF) · and 330 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1939, May 1939 (May 1, 1939), p. 11.
  2. Keasbey & Mattison Company letter to Geo. H. Alt, Jr., on Asbestos "Century" Shingles (June 8, 1916), p. 1.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1921, March 1921 (March 1, 1921), p. 64.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1943, March 1943 (March 1, 1943), p. 39.
  5. Keasbey & Mattison Company: "Century" Asbestos-Cement Pipe with "Century" Simplex Couplings (January 1, 1948), p. 3.
  6. Asbestos Magazine, 1940, February 1940 (February 1, 1940), p. 33.
  7. Asbestos Magazine, 1941, May 1941 (May 1, 1941), p. 35.
  8. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 66. Not yet published in our library.

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