Documents in our library describe T-deck (Keasbey & Mattison) as “new "k & m" decking material ... "k&m" t-deck roofing puts tough, durable asbestos-cement to work against the ravages of humidity.”.1 They give it as sold from 1960.2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Pictures
How T-deck (Keasbey & Mattison) looked: a label, photograph or catalog page from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.
What each document says
Every statement about T-deck (Keasbey & Mattison) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1961, April 1961
USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)
Label: T-Deck (Keasbey & Mattison Company), Image
- Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: May 20, 1960”, said by Keasbey & Mattison Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file3
Kind of product
We list T-deck (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: Carpenters and Construction Workers, Roofers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Keasbey & Mattison (33)
Century · 'Century' Apac · Ebonized Asbestos · Fluid-Tite · Apac · Monobestos · No. 701 · Nu-Grain · Promenade Tile · Resistal · Sheetflextos · Strytex · Trafford Tile · Uni-syn Packing · Air-Duct · Aircell · Amberlite Packing · Apac Board · Asbestoroc · Chrom-Tex · 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.) · Supra Slates (Supradur) · Supra-Crylic (Supradur) · Supra-Tones (Supradur) · Supradur (Supradur) · Suprawall (Supradur) · Suramic (Supradur) · Sussex 32 (National Gypsum) · Temp-Tite (Johns-Manville) · Therm-o-bestos (Johns-Manville) · Therm-O-Tec (National Gypsum) · Thermalux (U.S. Gypsum) · Thermo Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Thermo-board (Philip Carey) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermowrap (Johns-Manville) · and 330 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Keasbey & Mattison: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Keasbey & Mattison on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1961, April 1961 (April 1, 1961), p. 2.
- USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (April 10, 1961). Not yet published in our library.
- Label: T-Deck (Keasbey & Mattison Company), Image.
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