Marples Ridgway

Marples Ridgway was a British civil engineering company founded in 1948 by engineer Reginald Ridgway and accountant Ernest Marples.[1] Marples later became British Minister of Transport.[2] In 1964, the company was taken over by the Bath and Portland Group.

During Marples' tenure as Minister of Transport, he was accused of self-dealing and conflict of interest. This included the awarding of construction projects to Marples Ridgway such as the Hammersmith and Chiswick flyovers, various national motorway network, as well as several dams and power stations.[3] The company was also awarded major civil engineering projects in the colonies (e.g. Port Esquival in Jamaica, road networks in Ethiopia).[3]

Projects completed:

Brunswick Wharf Power Station[4] (1956)
Allt na Lairige Dam (1956)
Chiswick flyover (1959)
Hammersmith flyover (1961)
Skelton Grange Power Station
Port Esquivel shipping terminal, Jamaica
Bromford Viaduct
A329(M) motorway
M56 motorway
M27 motorway

References

Engel, Matthew (2010). Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-74041-9.
"Reginald Ridgway". The Telegraph. 29 March 2002.
Kefford, Alistair (2022). The Life and Death of the Shopping City: Public Planning and Private Redevelopment in Britain since 1945. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-108-83669-2.
Hobhouse, Hermione, ed. (1999) [1994]. "XXI Brunswick Wharf". volumes 43 and 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs, the Parish of All Saints. Survey of London. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 593–600. ISBN 0-485-48244-4.

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[1] Engel, Matthew (2010). Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-74041-9.

[2] "Reginald Ridgway". The Telegraph. 29 March 2002.

[:0-3] Kefford, Alistair (2022). The Life and Death of the Shopping City: Public Planning and Private Redevelopment in Britain since 1945. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-108-83669-2.

[Survey-4] Hobhouse, Hermione, ed. (1999) [1994]. "XXI Brunswick Wharf". volumes 43 and 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs, the Parish of All Saints. Survey of London. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 593–600. ISBN 0-485-48244-4.