Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

G. S. de Ritter

From Graces Guide

of Limehouse, London

1884 Made 30 nhp 2cyl compound steam engine for 37 grt tug built by Joseph S. Watson, Blackwall. G S de Ritter, Limehouse. [1]

1900 Walter Henry De Ritter inherited the business, which produced marine engines, general engineering plant, and the complete machinery necessary for the preparation and manufacture of tea lead[2], white lead, Edwards' air-pumps and condensing plants.



  • G. S. de Ritter hand-operated winch seen in a yard in Somerset, 2010



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Sources of Information

  1. [1]London Lighterage Tugs website
  2. Tea lead is an alloy of lead and tin, which was used to make the thin sheets of metal which lined tea chests.