Catalogue description Ministry of Transport and successors, Ports Divisions: Correspondence and Papers

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Details of MT 48
Reference: MT 48
Title: Ministry of Transport and successors, Ports Divisions: Correspondence and Papers
Description:

This series consists of correspondence and papers relating to docks, harbours, piers and ferries.
Date: 1911-1953
Arrangement:

This series is arranged in file number order within the following series: D: Development (1919-1920) E: Holyhead Harbour (1922-1948) PH: General (1919-1923) PUH: General (1923-1953) PUH/D: Development (Public Utility) Advisory Committee (1929-1936)
Related material:

For other records concerning Rates and Charges see MT 56
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Trade, Ports Department, 1863-1919

Ministry of Transport, 1919-1941

Ministry of Transport, Docks and Canal Division, 1934-1941

Ministry of Transport, Docks and Canal Division, 1946-1953

Ministry of Transport, Harbour Branch, 1923-1934

Ministry of Transport, Ports and Transit Division, 1938-1941

Ministry of War Transport, Port and Transit Control, 1941-1946
Physical description: 178 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1978 to 1997 Department of Transport
Administrative / biographical background:

The Ministry of Transport took over responsibility for docks, harbours, piers and ferries from the Board of Trade in 1919.

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