Tilghmans Patent Sand Blast Co
of Bellefield Works, Fawcett Street, Sheffield. (1884) [1]
of Broadheath, Altrincham, near Manchester, and Sheffield, makers of air-compressing and sand-blast machinery.
1872 Company established.
1874 Incorporated as a limited company[2]
1883 Mr Tilghman, the inventor of the sand blast process, patented his invention in ..[3]. The company of Bellefield Works Sheffield applied for an extension of the patent.[4]
1891 Limited company incorporated to acquire the business carried on by Benjamin Chew Tilghman as Tilghman's Patent Sand Blast Co.
1894 Sand Blast Apparatus. Article in 'The Engineer'. [5]
1894 Antwerp Exhibition. Awarded Silver Medal for Machinery and Machine Tools. [6]
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. [7]
1937 Manufacturers of sand blast apparatus and air compressors. [8]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1954 Renamed as Tilghman's Ltd
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1884/05/02
- ↑ 1914 Red Book
- ↑ Public Opinion 15 December 1883
- ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph 27 December 1883
- ↑ 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