Nice asbestos label pic

[Chad Fabry]

One of the nicer labels I've run across.

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[Bill Kibbel]

That was part of the Keasbey & Mattison Company, manufacturer of many asbestos building products. I'm intimately familiar with one of the factory buildings that manufactured that brand, the company founder's mansion and several of the executives' homes.

http://www.oldhouseweb.com/blog/the-cas ... -asbestos/

Coincidentally, I'm in Ambler next Tuesday to inspect a medical office building that used to be a K&M exec's home.

[kurt]

You should have cut it out and embroidered it on one of your T shirts.

[Jim Baird]

...just like the North arrows on well done maps...

[Chad Fabry]

You should have cut it out and embroidered it on one of your T shirts.

I made an offer on the building. I'll know tomorrow if they accepted it. I like the embroidery idea.

[Chad Fabry]

That was part of the Keasbey & Mattison Company, manufacturer of many asbestos building products. I'm intimately familiar with one of the factory buildings that manufactured that brand, the company founder's mansion and several of the executives' homes.

http://www.oldhouseweb.com/blog/the-cas ... -asbestos/

Coincidentally, I'm in Ambler next Tuesday to inspect a medical office building that used to be a K&M exec's home.

I knew you'd educate me about the company. It's half the reason I posted the picture.

[kurt]

What kind of building? Any building full of asbestos is probably an interesting building.

[mjr6550]

Ambler is full of interesting old houses built for the executives. Up till a couple years ago they had a mountain of asbestos in the town. It was remediated by covering it with dirt and putting a fence around it. Quite a few clients told me that when they were young all the kids used to play on the mountain of asbestos.

[Bill Kibbel]

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[Inspectorjoe]

Two ply? I'll raise you a ply.

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[John Kogel]

They were obviously proud of their products. I see an asbestos mountain behind those buildings. Did that all get shipped away?

[Jim Katen]

Always wondered: is the term "air cell" a brand name or a generic term for the product?

[Bill Kibbel]

Always wondered: is the term "air cell" a brand name or a generic term for the product?

Air-cell must be a generic trade name. I've seen the term on K&M, JM, Ehret and Gast products and many times in old mechanical engineering books describing the product.

[Jim Katen]

Always wondered: is the term "air cell" a brand name or a generic term for the product?

Air-cell must be a generic trade name. I've seen the term on K&M, JM, Ehret and Gast products and many times in old mechanical engineering books describing the product.

I'm relieved to hear it.