by
Mildred Cookson, The Mills Archive, UK
An article in The Miller (February 2nd, 1903) reminded me to pay tribute to Robinson & Son as one of the milling pioneers who help transform milling from the use of millstones to the use of rollers.
The firm was originally founded by Thomas Robinson, the grandfather of the members of the firm in 1903. He was a man with strong business instincts and started his business with a sawmill in Water Street, Rochdale, around 1840, at a time when very few wood working tools had been brought out.
His son, John Robinson, inherited his father’s business ability and a strong inventive nature. He paid careful attention to the machines being used his father's sawmill, studying their points and defects. Very quickly he designed some greatly improved machines for wood working, some of which amounted to new inventions.
When they were put to work and found to be successful, the firm began to manufacture for the market as well as for themselves. This new branch of business increased very rapidly and about 1854 it became absolutely necessary to seek new premises affording more accommodation.
John Robinson was a far-sighted man, with a firm confidence that the business would ultimately become a great success, and he secured as a site for the new works, some land closely adjacent to the railway station in Rochdale.
He then built very extensive premises accommodating a sawmill and fitting shops. After that the business of making wood working machinery never looked back and they started to manufacture of every kind of machinery required in roller milling, building this into the main feature in the history of the firm. In 1862, Robinsons exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London. Eight years later the grandson of the founder entered the firm and by the time his father died in 1877 he had seen the Railway Works placed on a permanent basis. In 1890, Messrs Thomas Robinson and Sons became a private limited liability company.
Read more HERE.
An article in The Miller (February 2nd, 1903) reminded me to pay tribute to Robinson & Son as one of the milling pioneers who help transform milling from the use of millstones to the use of rollers.
The firm was originally founded by Thomas Robinson, the grandfather of the members of the firm in 1903. He was a man with strong business instincts and started his business with a sawmill in Water Street, Rochdale, around 1840, at a time when very few wood working tools had been brought out.
His son, John Robinson, inherited his father’s business ability and a strong inventive nature. He paid careful attention to the machines being used his father's sawmill, studying their points and defects. Very quickly he designed some greatly improved machines for wood working, some of which amounted to new inventions.
When they were put to work and found to be successful, the firm began to manufacture for the market as well as for themselves. This new branch of business increased very rapidly and about 1854 it became absolutely necessary to seek new premises affording more accommodation.
John Robinson was a far-sighted man, with a firm confidence that the business would ultimately become a great success, and he secured as a site for the new works, some land closely adjacent to the railway station in Rochdale.
He then built very extensive premises accommodating a sawmill and fitting shops. After that the business of making wood working machinery never looked back and they started to manufacture of every kind of machinery required in roller milling, building this into the main feature in the history of the firm. In 1862, Robinsons exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London. Eight years later the grandson of the founder entered the firm and by the time his father died in 1877 he had seen the Railway Works placed on a permanent basis. In 1890, Messrs Thomas Robinson and Sons became a private limited liability company.
Read more HERE.
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