Catalogue description Board of Trade: Marine Department: Imperial Lighthouse Service: Bahamas
Reference: | BT 206 |
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Title: | Board of Trade: Marine Department: Imperial Lighthouse Service: Bahamas |
Description: |
These records cover the day to day administration by the Imperial Lighthouse Service of eleven lighthouse stations built by the UK Government between 1836 and 1889. |
Date: | 1855-1948 |
Separated material: |
The collection is incomplete as many of the records were destroyed by enemy action during the Second World War. |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Imperial Lighthouse Service, 1855-1973 |
Physical description: | 25 volume(s) |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Bahamas Imperial Lighthouse Service was controlled by the Marine Division of the Board of Trade until it was handed over to the Bahamas Government on 10 July 1973 (Independence Day). |
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