Records inherited and created by the Ministry of Transport and successors, Railways, Inland Waterways, Ports and Harbours DivisionsMT 881939-1989Ministry of Transport: Nationalised Transport (NTB Series) Files
Files of the Nationalised Transport Division B set up following the Transport Act, 1962, and including papers taken over from other divisions.
The files mostly relate to policy concerning, and the regulation of, water resources, canals and inland waterways. They include correspondence with and papers concerning the British Waterways Board, the papers of the Bowes Committee of Inquiry into Canals and Inland Waterways 1956 to 1958, papers concerning waterways-related bills, and files on specific canals and waterways. Also included in the series are files concerning the pensions of employees of the nationalised transport industries.
This series contains some re-registered files from the WRG series: MT 140