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* The Tilley Lamp derives from John Tilley’s invention of the hydro-pneumatic blowpipe in 1813. | |||
* W. H. Tilley were manufacturing pressure lamps at their works in Stoke Newington in 1818, and Shoreditch in the 1830s. | |||
* Private company. | |||
* The company moved to Brent Street in Hendon in 1915 during World War I, and started work with paraffin (kerosene) as a fuel for the lamps. | |||
* During World War I the Tilley Lamp was widely used in the British armed forces, and became so popular that Tilley became used as a generic name for Kerosene lamp in many parts of the world, in much the same way as Hoover is for vacuum cleaners. | |||
* During the 1920s the company had diversified into domestic lamps, and had expanded rapidly after orders from a number of railway companies. | |||
In 2000 they relocated | * Name changed. | ||
* After the World War II fears about the poisonous effect of paraffin fumes, and freely available electricity reduced demand for domestic use. | |||
* 1947 Name changed. | |||
* 1949 Company made public. | |||
* The company moved from Hendon to Ireland in the early 1960s, finally settling Belfast. | |||
* 1961 Manufacturers of "Tilley" paraffin vapour lamps, radiators and low pressure gas appliances. 360 employees. | |||
* In 2000 they relocated. | |||
==Sources of Information== | ==Sources of Information== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilley_lamp] Wikipedia | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilley_lamp] Wikipedia | ||
* [[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]] | |||
Revision as of 10:01, 9 May 2008
of Colindale Avenue, London
- The Tilley Lamp derives from John Tilley’s invention of the hydro-pneumatic blowpipe in 1813.
- W. H. Tilley were manufacturing pressure lamps at their works in Stoke Newington in 1818, and Shoreditch in the 1830s.
- Private company.
- The company moved to Brent Street in Hendon in 1915 during World War I, and started work with paraffin (kerosene) as a fuel for the lamps.
- During World War I the Tilley Lamp was widely used in the British armed forces, and became so popular that Tilley became used as a generic name for Kerosene lamp in many parts of the world, in much the same way as Hoover is for vacuum cleaners.
- During the 1920s the company had diversified into domestic lamps, and had expanded rapidly after orders from a number of railway companies.
- Name changed.
- After the World War II fears about the poisonous effect of paraffin fumes, and freely available electricity reduced demand for domestic use.
- 1947 Name changed.
- 1949 Company made public.
- The company moved from Hendon to Ireland in the early 1960s, finally settling Belfast.
- 1961 Manufacturers of "Tilley" paraffin vapour lamps, radiators and low pressure gas appliances. 360 employees.
- In 2000 they relocated.
Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE