Howell & Co Limited
This firm can be traced to Shortridge, Howell & Co, a steel and file maker in the Wicker, which was founded in 1853. One of the partners, John Bennett Howell (1818-1904), launched his own business. By 1880, it had two locations: Brook Hill Steel Works, Brook Lane (which dealt in steels and tools); and Sheffield Tube Works, Wincobank (which specialised in tubes for locomotives and steam engines). J. B. Howell’s son – Samuel Earnshaw Howell (1847-1928) – joined his father in 1870. Samuel was M....
