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Asbestone (R. J. Dorn)

Documents in our library describe Asbestone (R. J. Dorn) as “the original company was incorporated in 1922 for the manufacture and sale of asbestos-cement corrugated roofing and siding ... the company's products have been marketed under the trade name, "asbestone."”.1 They give it as made from 1936.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Asbestone (R. J. Dorn) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1943, April 1943

  • Description: “The original company was incorporated in 1922 for the manufacture and sale of asbestos-cement corrugated roofing and siding ... The Company's products have been marketed under the trade name, "ASBESTONE."”, p. 181
  • Made from: “In 1936 ... new equipment installed for the manufacture of asbestos-cement roofing and siding shingles, and the Company has made both products since then.”, p. 181

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

  • Sold from: “first used in commerce 1923-08-29”, said by R.J. DORN COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Description: “CORRUGATED ASBESTOS SHEETS USED FOR ROOFING AND SIDING, ASBESTOS CEMENT FLAT SHEETS, AND ASBESTOS SHINGLES FOR ROOFING AND SIDING”, said by R.J. DORN COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2

Label: Asbestone stencil (R.J. Dorn Company; later National Gypsum Company), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: August 29, 1923”, said by R.J. Dorn Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file3

Asbestos Magazine, 1935, January 1935

  • Use: “installation of their Corrugated "ASBESTONE" Roofing and Siding on the entire seven million dollar plant of Mathieson Alkali Works at Lake Charles, La.” (sales to Mathieson Alkali Works, Lake Charles, La.), p. 384

Asbestos Magazine, 1945, August 1945

  • Made at: “FACTORY AND SALES OFFICE—5300 TCHOUPITOULAS STREET, NEW ORLEANS 15, LOUISIANA” (as of 1945; at New Orleans, Louisiana), p. 275
  • Description: “ASBESTONE Corrugated Asbestos-Cement Sheets; ASBESTONE JR. Jr. Weight Corrugated Asbestos-Cement Sheets; ASBESTONE FLAT WALLBOARD for Siding and Walls — interior and exterior” (as of 1945), p. 275

Asbestos Magazine, 1947, January 1947

  • Description: “ASBESTONE CORPORATION FORMERLY R. J. DORN COMPANY Manufacturers of ASBESTONE Corrugated Asbestos-Cement Sheets; ASBESTONE JR.; ASBESTONE FLAT WALLBOARD; ASBESTONE ROOFING SHINGLES; ASBESTONE SIDING SHINGLES” (as of 1947), p. 236

Kind of product

We list Asbestone (R. J. Dorn) 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.

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (383)

Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Asbestocite (Johns-Manville) · Asbestolux "60" (Cape Asbestos Group) · Asbestolux (North American Asbestos) · Asbestone (British Uralite) · Asbestone (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Asbestone (National Gypsum) · Asbestone 400 (Asbestone) · Asbestone 400 (National Gypsum) · Asbestoroc (Keasbey & Mattison) · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Cement Siding and Roofing Shingles (Flintkote) · Asbestos Ebony (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Fire Felt Locomotive Lagging (Johns-Manville) · and 363 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1943, April 1943 (April 1, 1943), p. 18.
  2. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (January 29, 1946). Not yet published in our library.
  3. Label: Asbestone stencil (R.J. Dorn Company; later National Gypsum Company), Image.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1935, January 1935 (January 1, 1935), p. 38.
  5. Asbestos Magazine, 1945, August 1945 (August 1, 1945), p. 27.
  6. Asbestos Magazine, 1947, January 1947 (January 1, 1947), p. 23.

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