Shaw, H, Magnets Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Shaw, Joshua
- Shaw, John
- Shaw, Hannah, & Co
- Austin & Dodson Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Hand inc edge tool production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Magnet production
Notes:
Established in c1783 by Joshua Shaw and subsequently developed by John Shaw, d1837, into a magnet making business by 1816. Early products were compass magnets and needles, horseshoe magnets, etc. By late 1830s known as Hannah Shaw & Co. Later magnets made for telephones and car magnetos. 1954 sold by Shaw family to Horton family, owners of Austin & Dodson Ltd, filemakers, when operations of both businesses brought together. 1950s focused in particular on nautical magnets and magnets for educational use. Continues as a magnet making business with filemaking having been sold off in 1970s
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Other Business Names:
- Shaw, Joshua
- Shaw, John
- Shaw, Hannah, & Co
- Austin & Dodson Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Hand inc edge tool production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Magnet production