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Tilghmans Patent Sand Blast Co
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of Broadheath, Altrincham, near Manchester, and Sheffield, makers of air-compressing and sand-blast machinery.
of Bellefield Works, Fawcett Street, Sheffield. [1]
1872 Company established.
1874 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1894 Sand Blast Apparatus. Article in 'The Engineer'. [2]
1894 Antwerp Exhibition. Awarded Silver Medal for Machinery and Machine Tools. [3]
1896 Acquired the neighbouring Broadheath business of George Richards and Co; the 2 business continued to be operated separately but sharing a foundry.
1914 Manufacturers of Sand Blast Apparatus and Air Compressors. Employees 700 to 800. [4]
1937 Manufacturers of sand blast apparatus and air compressors. [5]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
c.1952 Renamed as Tilghman's Ltd
See also Tilghman Wheelabrator.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1884/05/02
- ↑ The Engineer of 6th April 1894 p281
- ↑ The Engineer of 2nd November 1894 p387
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries