Joseph Tomey & Sons Information

[Aramaki]

I came across this company that manufactured various glass gauges in Birmingham (pressure, depth, altitude, etc) and was hoping to find out a bit more about them.

The Grace's Guide website has a number of images of adverts and says they were founded in 1853. And indicates by the 1950's there were a number of different companies in the group, and possibly trading/product names (Tomey Industries, Tomey Industrial Makers, JL Tomey and Co, L Tomey and Co, Excelsior Gauge Co)

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Joseph_Tomey_and_Sons

But I can't seem to find anything after this date, or any other mention of them apart from older adverts.

One of the main things I'd like to find out is what happened to them post-1950's. Whether they were swallowed up by another company, closed down, etc.

Thanks for reading.

 

[RobT]

They were in the 1967-68 Kelly's



Nothing listed in 1972-73 Kelly's

 

[Kenny A]

I came across this company that manufactured various glass gauges in Birmingham (pressure, depth, altitude, etc) and was hoping to find out a bit more about them.

The Grace's Guide website has a number of images of adverts and says they were founded in 1853. And indicates by the 1950's there were a number of different companies in the group, and possibly trading/product names (Tomey Industries, Tomey Industrial Makers, JL Tomey and Co, L Tomey and Co, Excelsior Gauge Co)

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Joseph_Tomey_and_Sons

But I can't seem to find anything after this date, or any other mention of them apart from older adverts.

One of the main things I'd like to find out is what happened to them post-1950's. Whether they were swallowed up by another company, closed down, etc.

Thanks for reading.

Did they have a football team?

 

[Pedrocut]

I came across this company that manufactured various glass gauges in Birmingham (pressure, depth, altitude, etc) and was hoping to find out a bit more about them.

The Grace's Guide website has a number of images of adverts and says they were founded in 1853. And indicates by the 1950's there were a number of different companies in the group, and possibly trading/product names (Tomey Industries, Tomey Industrial Makers, JL Tomey and Co, L Tomey and Co, Excelsior Gauge Co)

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Joseph_Tomey_and_Sons

But I can't seem to find anything after this date, or any other mention of them apart from older adverts.

One of the main things I'd like to find out is what happened to them post-1950's. Whether they were swallowed up by another company, closed down, etc.

Thanks for reading.

The firm, then of 221 Tyburn Road, went into liquidation in April 1990.

 

[RRJ]

No help with the history of the place I'm afraid, other than my mother as a young girl in 1950 lost the first two joints of her right hand index finger operating a Capstan at Tomey, Tyburn rd.

 

[Pedrocut]

The Engineer, Apr 1905.

“A NEW gauge glass is being introduced for special high pressure by Messrs. Joseph Tomey and Sons, Limited, Birmingham. We understand that the nature of this glass is very different from anything previously made, its main feature being its high resisting power to highly superheated steam, and it is not affected by change of temperature as other glasses are. Recently on several occasions a number of these were tested to 310lb. steam pressure on a Babcock and Wilcox boiler-this being the limit of the boiler's registration-none bursting or showing signs of strain. Further on July 16th, 1904, others were tested at Glasgow to 350 lb., all successfully standing this extraordinary steam pressure.”