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British Industrial History
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Alfred Ridge and Sons
From Graces Guide
of 72 Wellington Street, Sheffield
1760s Alfred Ridge & Sons were established suppliers of wood boring tools to the Royal Navy.
1932 Alfred Ridge and Sons was bought by John J. Jewitt.[1]
1936 The company was put into voluntary liquidation; W L Ridge was chairman[2]
WWII Supplied mine detectors for the D-Day landings.
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