The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town now known as Robbins began in 1795 when gunsmith Alexander Kennedy and his family left Philadelphia to settle along Bear Creek. Kennedy set up a factory, which produced long rifles for American soldiers, near the site of the present-day Robbins water plant. The Kennedy Rifle Works continued in operation until 1838, and the place became known as Mechanics Hill.
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Start Robbins’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Robbins’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Robbins is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Robbins has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jugtown Pottery in Robbins, 6.7 miles away.
Robbins and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.