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Robey and Co

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1922 Robey winding engine, ex-Linby Colliery. Now on display at Papplewick Pumping Station
1922 Robey winding engine, ex-Linby Colliery. Now on display at Papplewick Pumping Station
1926. Uniflow engine. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
1926. Uniflow engine. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
1926. Uniflow engine. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
1926. Uniflow engine. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
1935. Cross-compound enegine. 100 hp. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
1935. Cross-compound enegine. 100 hp. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
1935. Cross-compound enegine. 100 hp. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
1935. Cross-compound enegine. 100 hp. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
1935. Cross-compound enegine. 100 hp. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
1935. Cross-compound enegine. 100 hp. Exhibit at Bolton Steam Museum.
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of Canwick Road, Lincoln

Robey and Co were producers of Traction Engines.

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[edit] General

  • 1854 The company was formed by Robert Robey at Perseverance Works (later the Globe Works).
  • 1861 The first traction engine built.
  • 1876 Exhibitor at the Royal Agricultural Show at Birmingham with a traction engine and a thrashing engine. [1]
  • 1876 Details of an air compressor. [2]
  • 1876-84 Produced six steam railway locomotives.
  • 1888 Compound Horizontal engine for Glasgow Exhibition. [3]
  • 1893 Public company. The company was registered on 22 December, to take over the business of engineers of the firm of the same name. [4]
  • 1894 Compound Underground Hauling Engine. Article and Illustration in 'The Engineer'. [5]
  • 1894 Nine Hundred HP Compound Engine. Article and illustration in 'The Engineer'. [6]
  • 1894 Smithfield Club Show. Showed an improved starting lamp and fan for their engine. [7]
  • 1894 100-hp Power Gas Engine. Article and illustration in 'The Engineer'. [8]
  • 1899 Advert. High-speed compound vertical engine and dynamo. Horizontal and portable engines. [9]
  • 1900 June. Royal Agricultural Show at York. Showed fixed steam engines. [10]
  • 1900 Paris Exhibition. Compound Electric Light Engine. Article and illustration in The Engineer. [11]
  • 1910 Produced steam road rollers.
  • 1910 Steam engine generator set. (Exhibit at Birmingham Thinktank museum).
  • 1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Steam Motor Wagons, Tractors and Ploughs etc. see the 1917 Red Book
  • 1913 Advert for drop valve winding engines, air compressors, drop valve horizontal engines, crude oil engines, semi-portable engines and locomotive engines. [12]
  • 1914 Specialities: High-class Engines for driving purposes up to 3,000 horse-power, Mining Machinery, Air Compressors and Engines of all types including Tractions and Portables of all sizes. [13]
  • WWI Maker of aeroplanes.
  • 1917 Advert for Air Compressors, Drop Valve engines, Uniflow Engines, Steam and Electric winding Engines, Boilers etc. [14]
  • 1919 Advert for Air Compressors, Drop Valve engines, Uniflow Engines, Steam and Electric winding Engines, Boilers etc. [15]
  • 1920 Issued List 263 detailing medium-stroke engines in vertical and horizontal types. [16]
  • 1920 Showed a 5-ton steam wagon with rubber tyres; a uniform horizontal engine and other products at the Darlington Agricultural Show. Showed it again at the Commercial Motor Exhibition in October. [17]
  • 1927 See Aberconway for information on the company and its history
  • 1955 Still producing steam engines at the Globe Works. In production are the Uniflow, Long Stroke Horizontals with either Drop, Positive, Piston, Corliss or Slide valves; High Speed Vertical; Portable and Semi-Portable including Superheated.
  • 1961 Manufacturers of road and quarry plant, mining machinery, winding engines, air compressors, prime movers and boilers. [18]

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[edit] Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Engineer of 25th August 1876 p129
  2. ↑ The Engineer of 21st July 1876 p40
  3. ↑ The Engineer of 4th May 1888 p361 & p364
  4. ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  5. ↑ The Engineer of 2nd March 1894 p177
  6. ↑ The Engineer of 7th December 1894 p488
  7. ↑ The Engineer of 14th December 1894 p524
  8. ↑ The Engineer of 14th December 1894 p546
  9. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1899. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p283
  10. ↑ The Engineer of 22nd June 1900 p650
  11. ↑ The Engineer of 21st September 1900 p296
  12. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1913. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p31
  13. ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  14. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p151
  15. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p271
  16. ↑ The Engineer of 27th Feb 1920 p208
  17. ↑ The Engineer of 9th July 1920
  18. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  • Traction Engine Album by Malcolm Ranieri. Pub 2005
  • Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) by J. M. Bruce. Published 1982 ISBN 0-370-30084-x
  • British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
  • Steam Engine Builders of Lincolnshire by Ronald H. Clark. Published 1955 by Goose and Son
  • The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978/9. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
  • The Engineer of 16th November 1900 p487
  • The Engineer of 22nd October 1920 p400
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