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Tappan, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
Population (2000): 6757
Housing Units (2000): 2294
Land area (2000): 2.788679 sq. miles (7.222646 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.788679 sq. miles (7.222646 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73154
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 41.025897 N, 73.951180 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 10983
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Tappan (brand)

Tappan appliances was founded by W.J. Tappan as the Ohio Valley Foundry Company in Bellaire, Ohio in 1881 selling cast-iron stoves door-to-door. The company relocated to Mansfield, Ohio in 1889 and was renamed the Eclipse Stove Company before being renamed the Tappan Stove Company. In 1950, Tappan acquired the Los Angeles-based O'Keefe & Merritt Stove Company and used the O'Keefe & Merritt name in the western United States from then until the late 1980s. Tappan claimed several innovations, including:

  • 1920s all- porcelain range available in various colors
  • 1955 the first microwave oven model for home use.
  • 1960s electric ignition for gas ranges
  • 1965 single unit conventional range and microwave oven.

Tappan, then a part of Frigidaire, became a subsidiary of Electrolux in 1979. The North American division of Electrolux was reorganized in 1997 as Electrolux Home Products of North America, consolidating American Yard Products, Frigidaire, and Poulan/Weedeater.

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The movement included men like Wendell Phillips, Arthur and Lewis Tappan, Theodore Dwight Weld, Gerrit Smith, James Birney, and many others.

Fortunately the day crew included Tappan, O'Brien's right-hand man.

In the custody of Major Benjamin Tallmadge himself, the British “Prince of Spies” was taken to Tappan.