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| ==Early History== | ==Early History== | ||
| Isaac Dobson (1767 to 1833) started producing textile machinery in 1790. The partnership of Isaac Dobson and Peter Rothwell built ] in Blackhorse Street and by 1850 the firm had opened a larger factory in Kay Street, Bolton. This produced a much wider range of equipment. By 1860 the firm employed 1,600 workers and by the late 1880s they were producing between 600 and 650 ]s a year as well. In 1892 the firm became a limited liability company. It built another works at Bradley Fold in 1906, and was re-floated as a public limited concern with members of the Dobson family holding key directorships. The company employed 4,000 workers in 1913 but by then Bolton's oldest engineering company was too specialised and locked into a market which was becoming more competitive both at home and abroad. <ref name=stmarks>http://www.stmarks.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wpdobsonbarlow.htm Dobson amd Barlow history</ref> During World War I, it switched to producing munitions, and then reverting, it benefited from the French and Belgian need to re-equip their mills.<ref name=stmarks/> | Isaac Dobson (1767 to 1833) started producing textile machinery in 1790. The partnership of Isaac Dobson and Peter Rothwell built ] in Blackhorse Street and by 1850 the firm had opened a larger factory in Kay Street, Bolton. This produced a much wider range of equipment. By 1860 the firm employed 1,600 workers and by the late 1880s they were producing between 600 and 650 ]s a year as well. In 1892 the firm became a limited liability company. It built another works at Bradley Fold in 1906, and was re-floated as a public limited concern with members of the Dobson family holding key directorships. The company employed 4,000 workers in 1913 but by then Bolton's oldest engineering company was too specialised and locked into a market which was becoming more competitive both at home and abroad. <ref name=stmarks></ref> During World War I, it switched to producing munitions, and then reverting, it benefited from the French and Belgian need to re-equip their mills.<ref name=stmarks/> | ||
| ==Later History== | ==Later History== | ||
| In the recession of the 1930s, ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] merged to become ]., but the individual units continued to trade under their own names until the 1970, when they were rationalised into one company called Platt UK Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.platt.co.uk/history2.htm|title=Platt maker of quality textile machinery and parts|accessdate=2009-04-17}}</ref> In 1991 the company name changed to Platt Saco Lowell. | In the recession of the 1930s, ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] merged to become ]., but the individual units continued to trade under their own names until the 1970, when they were rationalised into one company called Platt UK Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.platt.co.uk/history2.htm|title=Platt maker of quality textile machinery and parts|accessdate=2009-04-17}}</ref> In 1991 the company name changed to Platt Saco Lowell. | ||
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| Company type | Partnership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Textile machinery |
| Founded | 1851 |
| Headquarters | Bolton, UK |
| Products | Hydraulic presses |
Dobson and Barlow were textile machinery manufacturers from Bolton. The partnership was founded in 1851 between Benjamin Dobson and Edward Barlow, building on a production facilities extending back to 1790.
Early History
Isaac Dobson (1767 to 1833) started producing textile machinery in 1790. The partnership of Isaac Dobson and Peter Rothwell built mules in Blackhorse Street and by 1850 the firm had opened a larger factory in Kay Street, Bolton. This produced a much wider range of equipment. By 1860 the firm employed 1,600 workers and by the late 1880s they were producing between 600 and 650 power looms a year as well. In 1892 the firm became a limited liability company. It built another works at Bradley Fold in 1906, and was re-floated as a public limited concern with members of the Dobson family holding key directorships. The company employed 4,000 workers in 1913 but by then Bolton's oldest engineering company was too specialised and locked into a market which was becoming more competitive both at home and abroad. During World War I, it switched to producing munitions, and then reverting, it benefited from the French and Belgian need to re-equip their mills.
Later History
In the recession of the 1930s, Platt Brothers, Howard and Bullough, Brooks and Doxey, Asa Lees, Dobson and Barlow, Joseph Hibbert , John Hetherington and Tweedales and Smalley merged to become Textile Machinery Makers Ltd., but the individual units continued to trade under their own names until the 1970, when they were rationalised into one company called Platt UK Ltd. In 1991 the company name changed to Platt Saco Lowell. The Globe works closed in 1993.
References
- ^ Dobson amd Barlow history
- "Platt maker of quality textile machinery and parts". Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- "Howard and Bullough, Cotton Machinery Manufacturers". Retrieved 2009-01-26.
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