Catalogue description Records of the British Transport Docks Board

Details of BR
Reference: BR
Title: Records of the British Transport Docks Board
Description:

The records of the British Transport Docks Board relating to the public sector management of ports taken over from the British Transport Commisssion in 1962.

Minutes and papers of the Board and of its finance committee are in BR 1. Reports and accounts are in BR 2
Date: 1962-1971
Related material:

See also the records of the British Transport Commission: AN

Magazines of the British Transport Docks Board 1964-1981 are in ZPER 114
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

British Transport Docks Board, 1962-1985
Physical description: 2 series
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1971 British Transport Historical Record Office
Administrative / biographical background:

The British Transport Docks Board was established under the Transport Act 1962, which abolished the British Transport Commission. The Board took over certain functions and properties of the former British Transport Commission pertaining to docks and harbours. In 1976 it owned and operated nineteen active ports, including those at Hull and Southampton, but a private bill designed to extend its operations to Felixstowe was defeated in that year.The Board consisted of a chairman, vice-chairman and not more than nine, nor less than four, other members appointed by the Minister of Transport.

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