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Dixon and Co, between Stepney and Limehouse, maker of "Lucifer" matches
1861 "Messrs. Dixon employ 400 workmen, and generally have on hand £8,000 or £ 10,000 worth of timber. Each week they consume one ton of sulphur, and make 43,000,000 matches, or 2,160,000,000 in the year."[1]
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