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D503 - Butterley Company of Ripley, colliery owners, iron founders, mechanical engineers and brick manufacturers and subsidiaries - 1675-20th cent

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D503/105
Title	Vibrocon (Norwest) Ltd/Richard Lees Ltd
Level	series
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Butterley Company of Ripley, colliery owners, iron founders, mechanical engineers and brick manufacturers
Administrative History	Administrative History Vibrocon (Norwest) Ltd was incorporated in 1924. Its name was changed to Richard Lees Ltd in 1948. They were the manufacturers of pre-stressed concrete beams at works in West Houghton, Lancashire. The firm was acquired in 1955. With the use of a new plant at Mugginton, the works at West Houghton were run down and sold off to Redpath and Brown in 1965.

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