1801
November 23: Enoch Robinson is born in Cambridge, Mass.
Robinson & Whitney’s glass press revolutionizes flint glass manufacturing.
Prices increase on imported goods and raw materials.
Enoch, George W., and Ezra B. Robinson manufacture glass door knobs.
June 28: Joseph Dodge Jewett is born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
(d. February 20, 1940).
Largest bank robbery in US history; this and other robberies drives the adoption of combination time locks.
Enoch Robinson is awarded a diploma and a silver medal for door and furniture trimmings, for new designs and superior workmanship..
Revenue Act of 1913 reduces tariff rates; removes tariffs completely from iron, steel, and other raw materials
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L. Stanton Hall stays on as shop superintendent.
The Purity Distilling Company tank explosion demolishes structures, injures 150, and kills 21.