page_title: Robey & Co
section_title: Robeys Works, Canwick Road, Lincoln
hierarchical_section_title: Robey & Co / Robeys Works, Canwick Road, Lincoln
caption_attribution_description: English: Robey's Globe Works, Canwick Road , Lincoln Works
context_page_description: Robey and Co. was an engineering company based in Lincoln, England which can be traced back to at least 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.
context_section_description: Robeys rapidly became an important employer in Lincoln and by 1865 were employing 114 men. The works covered a total area along Canwick Road of seven acres and around 1870 the name of Perseverance Ironworks was  changed to the Globe Works. The layout of the works is shown in a print of 1879 The facade on the Canwick Road originally had a large entrance way surmounted by a tower. This may have been designed by the Lincoln architect William Watkins. Watkins had designed an extension to the factory in 1873.  Watkins had also  been architect for a large house built  for Robert Robey, overlooking the nearby South Park.  A new fitting shop had been added in  1871  In 1883 a Coffee Palace and Workmen Mess rooms were built on the opposite side of Canwick Road.  The main  entrance on Canwick Road, surmounted with a globe above the door must date from about 1910.  The site was developed over the next few years. A cooling tower was built in 1912 
  During the First World War considerable additions were made, including new workshops on the Canwick Road and  on the Coultham Street side.  Some were to designs by the architect F. W. Horton. A new power house with chimney was added in 1915  A shop and offices for aircraft production were added on the Canwick Road side at a late stage in the war
caption: Robeys Globe Works, Canwick Road Lincoln
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