D. and J. Tullis
From Graces Guide
Radial arm drill, ex-Kingshill Colliery, 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
- Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
- National Records of Scotland BT2/1987/3979