A. Robinson and Co
From Graces Guide
of Bootle, maker of Ship telegraph and other instruments
c.1780 Began in business.
c.1900 A. Robinson was of Liverpool and Glasgow.
1902 The business of a Ships Telegraphs Manufacturer and Brass Founder, heretofore carried on by Mr. Peter Douglas, at 32, Strand-street, Liverpool, under the style or firm of A. ROBINSON AND CO. was sold and disposed of to John Duncan Keppie, of 32, Strand-street, who would continue the business under the same title.[1]
1945 of Knowsley Road, Liverpool, won the contract for the electric telegraphs for the Prince Edward Island car ferry.[2]
1968 Robinson's was purchased by the largest maker of these devices, Chadburn's.[3]
1975 Porter Chadburn acquired A. Robinson (Engineering Services) from its receiver[4]
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