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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> | |||
Revision as of 08:30, 4 October 2019
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]