Jonathan Robson
From Graces Guide
Ship builder and millwright, of Newcastle on Tyne
Engine Builder and Millwright, iron shipbuilder and boiler maker, of South Shore, Gateshead (see advert)
The business of Jonathan Robson (d.1844)
1828/9 Millwright of Gateshead - presumably this business was later taken on by his son Jonathan
1851 Exhibited a model of an iron steam-tug or passenger steamer at the Great Exhibition.
Early 1850s Jonathan's son, Jonathan, operated a steam-tug building yard at Ouseburn
Later he moved to the Blackwall Engine and Iron Shipbuilding Works at Poplar.
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Sources of Information
- Memoirs of John Wigham Richardson [1]