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1891 Company founded.
1891 Company founded.


1898 Private company.
1898 D. and J. Tullis Limited was incorporated as a public company, with capital of £100,000, to acquire as a going concern the undertaking of D. & J. Tullis, Kilbowie.<ref>Glasgow Herald 27 August 1898</ref>


1902 Laundry machines <ref>Fielden’s Magazine Vol 7</ref>
1902 Laundry machines <ref>Fielden’s Magazine Vol 7</ref>
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1971 Attempt by Melbray to merge [[Manlove, Alliott and Co]] with the Tullis operations encountered problems with key staff unwilling to move and unexpectedly higher wages on Clydebank.  Both were laundry engineers<ref>The Times, Jul 31, 1971</ref>
1971 Attempt by Melbray to merge [[Manlove, Alliott and Co]] with the Tullis operations encountered problems with key staff unwilling to move and unexpectedly higher wages on Clydebank.  Both were laundry engineers<ref>The Times, Jul 31, 1971</ref>


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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* Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
* Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
* National Records of Scotland BT2/1987/3979


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August 1899.
Radial arm drill, ex-Kingshill Colliery, at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.
February 1901.
January 1902.
1902.
1912.
1917.
1918.
Radial arm drill, ex-Thomas Hudson (of Sheepford), at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.
Detail. Exhibit at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.
1943/50. Exhibit at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.
1943/50. Detail. Exhibit at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.

D. and J. Tullis of Kilbowie Ironworks, Clydebank, were makers of laundry equipment and machine tools

1891 Company founded.

1898 D. and J. Tullis Limited was incorporated as a public company, with capital of £100,000, to acquire as a going concern the undertaking of D. & J. Tullis, Kilbowie.[1]

1902 Laundry machines [2]

1961 Steam laundry engineers. [3]

1969 Acquired by Melbray Group from Anderson Mavor[4]

1971 Attempt by Melbray to merge Manlove, Alliott and Co with the Tullis operations encountered problems with key staff unwilling to move and unexpectedly higher wages on Clydebank. Both were laundry engineers[5]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Glasgow Herald 27 August 1898
  2. Fielden’s Magazine Vol 7
  3. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  4. The Times, Jun 12, 1969
  5. The Times, Jul 31, 1971
  • Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
  • National Records of Scotland BT2/1987/3979