Hobson, Houghton and Co

of Don Steel Works, Savile Street, Sheffield, Manufacturers of Steel Files
1828 Company established by Francis Hobson.
1903 Incorporated as a limited company amalgamating George Fisher and Co and Gregory and Bramall.
1914 Manufacturers of steel files, rolling mills, forge and melting furnaces. Specialities: tool steels, wire drawers' plates, needle wire, hammers, twist drills etc. Employees 48. [1]