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<h1 style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; color: #ffffff; border: none; padding: 0;">Historical Timelines</h1>
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Trace the 170-year evolution of the Taylor precision legacy in Rochester, New York—from its foundational business name changes to the executive administrations that shaped the global instrument industry.
Tracing the corporate identity of the Taylor instrument legacy across seventeen decades of manufacturing, scientific innovation, and global expansion.
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<span style="font-size: 0.88rem; color: #666; font-style: italic;">Evolution of legal business names & corporate entities (1851 – Present)</span>
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Founded in Rochester over Post’s Drug Store on Exchange Street by [[David Kendall|<strong style="color: #14153a; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: #c5a059;">David Kendall</strong>]] and [[George Taylor|<strong style="color: #14153a; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: #c5a059;">George Taylor</strong>]]. Began with handcrafted tin-case thermometers and barometers with an initial capitalization under $1,000.
Founded in Rochester by <span style="font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 2px solid #c5a059; padding-bottom: 1px;">[[David Kendall|<span style="color: #14153a;">David Kendall</span>]]</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 2px solid #c5a059; padding-bottom: 1px;">[[George Taylor|<span style="color: #14153a;">George Taylor</span>]]</span> with an initial investment of $919. Produced tin-case thermometers and mercurial barometers. Partnership ended with Kendall’s departure in 1853.
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<span style="background: #14153a; color: #f5f0e6; font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; padding: 3px 10px; border-radius: 12px;">1853 – 1861</span>
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David Kendall sold his interest in 1853. [[George Taylor|<strong style="color: #14153a; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: #c5a059;">George Taylor</strong>]] operated the business independently, relocating manufacturing to larger quarters at 11 Hill Street to accommodate an expanding workforce before stepping back temporarily in 1859.
Operated as an independent business by George Taylor following Kendall's departure. Taylor peddled thermometers to rural general stores and expanded production, eventually moving the workshop to 11 Hill Street.
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Organized at 145 Buffalo Street by [[Frank Taylor|<strong style="color: #14153a; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: #c5a059;">Frank Taylor</strong>]] (arrived in Rochester in 1862) and Hamlet F. Richardson. Richardson withdrew due to ill health, selling his interest to George Taylor in 1870.
Formed in 1866 by George’s brother, Frank Taylor (who had arrived in Rochester in 1862), and Hamlet Richardson. Richardson eventually withdrew due to failing health and sold his ownership interest back to George Taylor, paving the way for brotherly partnership.
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George and Frank Taylor united their shops under the landmark partnership of Taylor Brothers. Built a nationwide reputation for clinical, domestic, and dairy thermometers. George Taylor served as president until his death in 1889.
With Richardson’s departure, George Taylor and Frank Taylor formally established Taylor Brothers. Period of rapid expansion in dairy, clinical, and industrial thermometers, introducing patented etched-stem glass designs.
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<h3 style="margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #14153a; font-size: 1.25rem;">Taylor Brothers Company (Incorporated)</h3>
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<span style="background: #14153a; color: #f5f0e6; font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; padding: 3px 10px; border-radius: 12px;">1890 – 1907</span>
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Incorporated in 1890 under President [[Frank Taylor|<strong style="color: #14153a; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: #c5a059;">Frank Taylor</strong>]] with $75,000 capital stock. Initiated external expansion by acquiring the Watertown Thermometer Co. (1891), Hohmann & Maurer (1895), and Short & Mason of London (1900). Capital grew to $535,000.
Formally incorporated in New York State. Began strategic acquisitions of key competitors (including Hohmann & Maurer and Short & Mason of London), laying the groundwork for heavy industrial process instrumentation.
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<h3 style="margin: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #14153a; font-size: 1.35rem;">Taylor Instrument Companies</h3>
<span style="background: #14153a; color: #f5f0e6; font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; padding: 3px 10px; border-radius: 12px;">1907 – 1968</span>
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Corporate consolidation uniting all acquired divisions under one parent umbrella brand. Consolidated into the massive main plant at 95 Ames Street (opened 1906). Dominated 20th-century aviation instruments, WWI aircraft gauges, and supplied the K-25 Oak Ridge plant during WWII under the famous ''Tycos'' and ''Taylor'' marks.
<strong>The Definitive Era.</strong> Construction and major expansions at 95 Ames Street. Unified consumer and industrial lines under the iconic <em>Tycos</em> trademark, supplied vital aviation and naval instruments during WWI and WWII (awarded the Army-Navy “E” in 1942), and celebrated the Centennial in 1951.
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Rebranded as a singular corporate entity following corporate restructuring, expanding into advanced electronic industrial control systems. Merged with Combustion Engineering in 1983 as its flagship process automation unit.
Merged into the Sybron Corporation as its premier instrument and control systems subsidiary. Transitioned from analog pneumatic controls to electronic and early microprocessor process automation (MOD systems).
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<span style="background: #14153a; color: #f5f0e6; font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; padding: 3px 10px; border-radius: 12px;">1989 – 1990</span>
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Operated as a specialized industrial instrument and process controls division within Combustion Engineering during multinational corporate transitions.
Acquired by Combustion Engineering (C-E) during corporate consolidation in the energy and industrial systems sector, operating as a specialized process automation division.
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Formed after Swiss-Swedish engineering conglomerate ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) acquired Combustion Engineering in 1989, merging Taylor operations with British instrument manufacturer George Kent.
Global engineering giant Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) acquired Combustion Engineering. Combined Taylor’s Rochester product line with Britain’s George Kent group to form ABB Kent-Taylor.
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Cofounded Kendall & Taylor in 1851 above Post's Drug Store. Guided the company through sole ownership, the Hill Street move, the formation of Taylor & Richardson, and the establishment of Taylor Brothers in 1872, serving as president until his death.
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Incorporated the business in 1890 with $75,000 capital stock. Orchestrated the acquisitions of the Watertown Thermometer Co. (1891), Hohmann & Maurer (1895), established the London branch (1898), and acquired Short & Mason (1900). Served on the Board of Directors until 1920.
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Son of George Taylor. Oversaw capital expansion to $535,000, formal incorporation as the Taylor Instrument Companies, acquisition of Davis & Roesch (1905), and the construction and opening of the main plant on Ames Street (1906).
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Son of George Taylor. Consolidated the Watertown plant operations into Ames Street in 1911. Pioneered industrial employee welfare by building Taylor's own emergency hospital, created the formal Research Department, and opened the Export Sales Department. Passed away in office in July 1913.
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Joined the company as a salesman in 1893 and organized the London office in 1898. Guided the company through massive World War I production, expanded stock to $5M in 1929, incorporated Taylor Instrument Companies of Canada in 1930, and founded the Tycos Library (1922). Later served as Chairman of the Board.
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Succeeded Herbert J. Winn in 1938. Directed Taylor's critical wartime operations as prime contractor for instrumentation at the Oak Ridge Manhattan Project facility, earning three Army-Navy “E” Awards. Presided over the company's 100-year centennial celebration in 1951.
Fully integrated into ABB’s Measurement & Analytics division. While manufacturing eventually transitioned away from Ames Street, the Taylor instrument designs, patents, and engineering legacy remain active across global industrial facilities today.
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The legal records, presidential transitions, corporate charters, and meeting minutes compiled in both timelines are preserved in the '''Taylor Instrument Company Papers (Collection D.75)''' at the University of Rochester Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation.
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Corporate Lineage • 1851 to Present

Evolution of the Company Name

Tracing the corporate identity of the Taylor instrument legacy across seventeen decades of manufacturing, scientific innovation, and global expansion.

Kendall & Taylor

1851 – 1853

Founded in Rochester by David Kendall and George Taylor with an initial investment of $919. Produced tin-case thermometers and mercurial barometers. Partnership ended with Kendall’s departure in 1853.


George Taylor (Sole Ownership)

1853 – 1859

Operated as an independent business by George Taylor following Kendall's departure. Taylor peddled thermometers to rural general stores and expanded production, eventually moving the workshop to 11 Hill Street.

Taylor & Richardson

1866 – 1872

Formed in 1866 by George’s brother, Frank Taylor (who had arrived in Rochester in 1862), and Hamlet Richardson. Richardson eventually withdrew due to failing health and sold his ownership interest back to George Taylor, paving the way for brotherly partnership.

Taylor Brothers

1872 – 1890

With Richardson’s departure, George Taylor and Frank Taylor formally established Taylor Brothers. Period of rapid expansion in dairy, clinical, and industrial thermometers, introducing patented etched-stem glass designs.

Taylor Brothers Company

1890 – 1907

Formally incorporated in New York State. Began strategic acquisitions of key competitors (including Hohmann & Maurer and Short & Mason of London), laying the groundwork for heavy industrial process instrumentation.

Taylor Instrument Companies

1907 – 1968

The Definitive Era. Construction and major expansions at 95 Ames Street. Unified consumer and industrial lines under the iconic Tycos trademark, supplied vital aviation and naval instruments during WWI and WWII (awarded the Army-Navy “E” in 1942), and celebrated the Centennial in 1951.

Taylor Instrument Company (Sybron)

1968 – 1989

Merged into the Sybron Corporation as its premier instrument and control systems subsidiary. Transitioned from analog pneumatic controls to electronic and early microprocessor process automation (MOD systems).

Taylor Instruments Division

1989 – 1990

Acquired by Combustion Engineering (C-E) during corporate consolidation in the energy and industrial systems sector, operating as a specialized process automation division.

ABB Kent-Taylor Inc.

1990 – 1996

Global engineering giant Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) acquired Combustion Engineering. Combined Taylor’s Rochester product line with Britain’s George Kent group to form ABB Kent-Taylor.

ABB Instrumentation Inc.

1996 – Present

Fully integrated into ABB’s Measurement & Analytics division. While manufacturing eventually transitioned away from Ames Street, the Taylor instrument designs, patents, and engineering legacy remain active across global industrial facilities today.

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