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Until the 1930's, the Robinsons' entered into a variety of businesses one of which included the coal and fuel oil trade. In 1936, the company entered its latest phase of growth by incorporating. George H. Robinson's Sons, Inc. would be the parent company of a number of enterprises started by the Robinsons in coming years. Two of them, Robinson Terminal Warehouse and the Robinson Export-Import Company, grew out of their interest in helping the trade through the port of Alexandria. Ocean going vessels once more dropped their mooring lines at the riverfront wharves. Winches whined as the cargo booms swing ashore products from Canada, Finland, and Sweden. The terminal continues to be one of the largest handlers of newsprint on the East Coast with rail and truck links to all parts of the continental United States, Mexico, and Canada. |
The Terminal's Alexandrian heritage emerged from a company which conducted business in Alexandria in the 1800's.
Early records at the Alexandria Gazette records the first business existence of the Robinson name in Alexandria on February 22, 1853.
The firm of Robinson & Payne conducted a "General Commission, Grocery and Forwarding Business." Their partnership lasted until the outbreak
of the War Between the States. After the war, a new business was established that received grain and tobacco via rail and exported through
the port of Alexandria to Europe.