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Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison)

Documents in our library describe Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison) as “a relatively strong, tough sheet ... its corrugations increase strength; standard lengths of from 3 to 8 feet”.1 They give it as sold from 1937.1,2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

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

Asbestos Magazine, 1937, October 1937

  • Made at: “It is being manufactured in the Keasbey & Mattison Company's Ambler plant.” (at Ambler), said by Keasbey & Mattison, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 251
  • Sold from: “A new asbestos-cement siding is introduced to United States Industry”, said by Keasbey & Mattison, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 241
  • Use: “siding and partitions in industrial buildings; skeleton frame buildings such as storehouses, lumber mills, power plants and exposition units”, said by Keasbey & Mattison, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 241
  • Asbestos content: “a composition of asbestos fibre and Portland cement”, said by Keasbey & Mattison, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 241
  • Form: “a relatively strong, tough sheet ... Its corrugations increase strength; standard lengths of from 3 to 8 feet”, said by Keasbey & Mattison, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 241

USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)

  • Sold from: “first used in commerce 1937-02-01”, said by KEASBEY & MATTISON COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Description: “ASBESTOS SHEETS, ASBESTOS LUMBER, TILES MADE FROM A COMPOSITION OF ASBESTOS AND PORTLAND CEMENT, AND COMPOSITIONS OF ASBESTOS AND PORTLAND CEMENT BUILDING MATERIALS IN FLAT, CORRUGATED, AND SHEET FORM”, said by KEASBEY & MATTISON COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2

Label: Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison Company), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: February 1, 1937”, said by Keasbey & Mattison Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file3
  • Asbestos content: “BEST IN ASBESTOS”, p. 13

Asbestos Magazine, 1939, March 1939

  • Description: “K&M Trafford Tile Asbestos Cement and design ... for asbestos-cement boards, asbestos-cement sheets, lumber, tiles, roofing material”, said by Keasbey & Mattison, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 414

Kind of product

We list Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. 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 · No. 701 · Nu-Grain · Promenade Tile · Resistal · Sheetflextos · Strytex · T-deck · Uni-syn Packing · Air-Duct · Aircell · Amberlite Packing · Apac Board · Asbestoroc · Chrom-Tex · Dualay · 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.) · Thermo Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Thermo-board (Philip Carey) · Thermomat (Johns-Manville) · Thermowrap (Johns-Manville) · Timbertex (Ruberoid) · Tip Top (Ambler Asbestos Shingle & Sheathing Company) · Top Notch (Lehon) · Transite (Johns-Manville) · Transite Acoustical Panel (Johns-Manville) · Transite Core Plate (Johns-Manville) · Transite Insulated Roof (Johns-Manville) · Transite Panel (Johns-Manville) · Transite Sewer Pipe (Johns-Manville) · Transite-Korduct (Johns-Manville) · Transitop (Johns-Manville) · and 330 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1937, October 1937 (October 1, 1937), pp. 24–25.
  2. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (February 12, 1958). Not yet published in our library.
  3. Label: Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison Company), Image.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1939, March 1939 (March 1, 1939), p. 41.

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