Redigerer John Pilkington (avsnitt)

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John Pilkington var sønn av Christopher Pilkington, som sammen med fem andre menn hadde etablert [[Pilkington Glass Company]] i [[St. Helens (distrikt)|St. Helens]] i 1826.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://josephbellengineer.com/2014/10/08/original-white-star-disaster/|tittel=Original White Star Disaster|besøksdato=2023-06-22|dato=2014-10-08|etternavn=Castlehead|språk=en|verk=Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer on the R.M.S. Titanic|sitat=John Pilkington, son of the Pilkington Glass Company’s founder Christopher Pilkington, established the White Star Line in 1845. The company originally operated packet sailings to the East Coast of the USA and started using the White Star name in 1849.}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.breakglass.org/Pilkington-Glass.html|tittel=Pilkington Glass|besøksdato=2023-06-22|verk=www.breakglass.org|sitat=The Pilkington Glass company was founded in 1826. It was then known as the St Helens Crown Glass Company founded with the technical knowledge of John William Bell and funded by three local families, the Bromilows, the Greenalls and the Pilkingtons.}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.pilkington.com/en-gb/uk/about/heritage/the-story-of-pilkington-uk|tittel=The Story of Pilkington UK|besøksdato=2023-06-22|verk=www.pilkington.com|sitat=The company was founded by John William Bell and five other local men in 1826 under the name St. Helens Crown Glass Company. (---) The company was established with the technical knowledge and ability of J. W. Bell plus capital from three of the most influential local families: the Bromilows, the Greenalls and the Pilkingtons. In 1827 production started at Grove Street, St. Helens. The former Pilkington UK Headquarters can still be seen at this location.}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.thecornpoppy.com/2019/09/rms-tayleur-part-one.html|tittel=RMS Tayleur [Part One]|besøksdato=2023-06-22|språk=en|sitat=In 1845 John Pilkington, son of glassworks founder Christopher Pilkington, established the Aberdeen White Stat Line. By 1849 the Aberdeen had been dropped and the company traded as the White Star Line. (---) John Pilkington and Henry Wilson, who established the White Star Line, chartered nine ships, the largest of which was RMS Tayleur, launched at Warrington on October 4th 1853.|arkiv-dato=2023-06-22|arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622103927/http://www.thecornpoppy.com/2019/09/rms-tayleur-part-one.html|url-status=yes}}</ref>