Dobson & Barlow Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Dobson, Isaac
- Rothwell, Peter
- Dobson & Rothwell
- Dobson, Isaac & Benjamin
- Dobson & Metcalfe
- Textile Machinery Makers Ltd
- Platt International
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bolton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
Established 1790 by Isaac Dobson, 1767-1833, and Peter Rothwell as textile machinery manufacturers, Dobson & Rothwell. From 1822 known as Isaac & Benjamin Dobson. 1846 renamed Dobson & Metcalfe and in 1850 Dobson & Barlow. Incorporated 1892. Converted to a public company 1907. 1931 merged with other leading Lancashire textile machinery manufacturers into Textile Machinery Makers Ltd, continuing as an independent entity before being subsumed into Platt International
Publications:
- 175th Anniversary of Dobson & Barlow Ltd by Unknown
- [History of Dobson & Barlow Ltd, 1790-1965] by Unknown
- Bolton's Rise and Progress by Boltonian (pseud)
- 'Dobson & Barlow Ltd. A short history' in Samuel Crompton, the Inventor of the Spinning Mule. A brief survey of his life and work with which is incorporated a short history of Messrs Dobson & Barlow Ltd by Unknown
- Dobson & Barlow Ltd, Textile Machinists. 134 years of progress, 1790-1924 by Unknown
- Engineering and the First World War. A case study of the Lancashire cotton spinning industry by Kirk, R M, & C Simmons
- Story of the Evolution of the Spinning Machine by Dobson, B Palin
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Dobson, Isaac
- Rothwell, Peter
- Dobson & Rothwell
- Dobson, Isaac & Benjamin
- Dobson & Metcalfe
- Textile Machinery Makers Ltd
- Platt International
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bolton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
Established 1790 by Isaac Dobson, 1767-1833, and Peter Rothwell as textile machinery manufacturers, Dobson & Rothwell. From 1822 known as Isaac & Benjamin Dobson. 1846 renamed Dobson & Metcalfe and in 1850 Dobson & Barlow. Incorporated 1892. Converted to a public company 1907. 1931 merged with other leading Lancashire textile machinery manufacturers into Textile Machinery Makers Ltd, continuing as an independent entity before being subsumed into Platt InternationalPublications:
- 175th Anniversary of Dobson & Barlow Ltd by Unknown
- [History of Dobson & Barlow Ltd, 1790-1965] by Unknown
- Bolton's Rise and Progress by Boltonian (pseud)
- 'Dobson & Barlow Ltd. A short history' in Samuel Crompton, the Inventor of the Spinning Mule. A brief survey of his life and work with which is incorporated a short history of Messrs Dobson & Barlow Ltd by Unknown
- Dobson & Barlow Ltd, Textile Machinists. 134 years of progress, 1790-1924 by Unknown
- Engineering and the First World War. A case study of the Lancashire cotton spinning industry by Kirk, R M, & C Simmons
- Story of the Evolution of the Spinning Machine by Dobson, B Palin