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1965 the company was taken over by [[Bath and Portland Group]]<ref>The Times, June 2, 1965</ref>
1965 the company was taken over by [[Bath and Portland Group]]<ref>The Times, June 2, 1965</ref>
1968 Planned to extend its activities from civil engineering (with its somewhat lumpy contracts) to general building<ref>The Times, August 19, 1968</ref>





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Marples Ridgway was a British civil engineering company

1948 Founded by Reginald Ridgway and accountant Ernest Marples. Marples later became the Minister of Transport.

Projects included:

1948 Skelton Grange Power Station

1956 Brunswick Wharf Power Station

1956 Allt na Lairige Dam, Argyllshire

1959 Chiswick Flyover

1961 Hammersmith Flyover

  • Port Esquivel shipping terminal, Jamaica

1965 the company was taken over by Bath and Portland Group[1]

1968 Planned to extend its activities from civil engineering (with its somewhat lumpy contracts) to general building[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, June 2, 1965
  2. The Times, August 19, 1968