Robey & Co
Robey engine plate Type 4P 14144 Gas Engine, built in 1895 | |
| Industry | Engineering |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 1988 |
| Successor | Babcock International |
Key people | Robert Robey, John Richardson. |
| Products | Steam engines |
Robey and Co. was an engineering company based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England which can be traced back to around 1849.
In 1854 Watkinson and Robey Engineers and Millwrights were manufacturing Portable Engines and machinery of every description in Rumbold Street, Lincoln. They were joined by George Lamb Scott, but in 1855 Watkinson, who had previously worked for Clayton & Shuttleworth of Lincoln, left the company. The business then became Robey and Scott and moved their premises by 1856 to Canwick Road, Lincoln. Another partner, Thomas Gamble, joined the firm and Scott resigned in September 1856 to found his own manufacturing company in Manchester. The company then became Gamble & Robey, but by 1868 was known as Robey & Co Ltd.
Robert Robey died in 1876 and the firm continued as a partnership led by John Richardson. In 1893 Robey & Co became a limited company. By 1913 Robeys were makers of steam motor wagons, tractors and ploughs and in the First World War manufactured aircraft. The company was purchased by Babcock International in 1984.