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'''Clough Smith & Co. Ltd.''' is a British engineering company founded in 1910 by Norman Clough and Sidney G. Smith, experienced electrical engineers who moved into the manufacture of overhead power supplies for [[tram|electrical tramways]] and [[trolleybuses]].<ref name="Lumb">{{cite book|last=Lumb|first=Geoff|title=British Trolleybuses: 1911–1972|publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing]]|date=1995|page=48|isbn=0711023476}}</ref> They designed and manufactured both overhead and rail supplies for many systems in Britain prior to the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref name="Lumb"/> Post-war, the company used the profits from completion of work on the Teeside trolley system to purchase trolleybuses which had in storage during the War. These were immediately sold at a profit and provided a basis for the trolleybus side of the business.<ref name="Lumb"/>

 

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