Thomas Robins (inventor) Thomas Robins (inventor) Thomas Robins, Jr. (September 1, 1868 – November 4, 1957) was an American inventor and manufacturer. He was born in September 1, 1868, in West Point, New York to Thomas Robins, Sr. He attended Princeton University. In 1891 he began work on a conveyor belt for carrying coal and ore for Thomas Edison and his Edison Ore-Milling Company in Ogdensburg, New Jersey. His conveyor belt received the grand prize at the Paris Exposition in 1900, and first prizes at the Pan-American Exposition and Saint Louis Exposition. Based on his invention he started the Robins Conveying Belt Company
Lake Thomas A Edison recommended it for buses, large motor homes, or vehicles towing trailers. A ferry crosses the lake twice a day, linking Vermilion Valley Resort with the John Muir Wilderness trailhead and providing access to and from the John Muir Trail and Pacific Crest Trail. The lake was named after American inventor Thomas Edison to mark the 75th anniversary of his invention of the incandescent light bulb. The dam was named after the valley it flooded, noted for its reddish soil. Lake Thomas A Edison Lake Thomas A Edison (also known as Thomas A. Edison Lake and Edison Lake) is a reservoir