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of Blackfriars Rd, London, maker of fire engines and fire pumps.
1797 Phillips and Hopwood was founded
1811 The company was known as James Hopwood
By 1818 it was Hopwood and Tilley, presumably involving William Joshua Tilley
By 1825 it was Tilley and Co[1]
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