British Waterways Board

This page summarises records created by this Business

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1652-2008
Places:	London
Functions, occupations and activities:	Transport and communications > Port and inland water transport
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C121332 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B11011 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	18th cent - 20th cent: canal records	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR1590	NRA 26339 BWB: Warwicks
2	1652-1981: records for the North of England incl predecessor companies	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield	C299
3	19th cent-1960s: Droitwich Canal: drawings, maps	Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service	BA15105
4	1841-1949: Lancashire canal papers	Lancashire Archives	DDX 1052
5	1842-1973: Lea Conservancy Catchment Board plans and drawings	The London Archives: City of London	ACC/2423
6	20th cent: engineering records	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	TWA 2008/2	See Annual Return 2008
7	20th cent: promotional and other film footage, slide transparencies of restoration projects	National Waterways Archive	2012/15, 2012/20, 2012/29, 2012/41
8	20th cent: retirement ablum presented to Mr Ernest Martin Eagle, draft presenation booklet, drawings of craft used on whole waterways network	National Waterways Archive	2012/25, 2012/32, 2012/42
9	20th cent: toll records from the Brentford Toll Office	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	Acc 2009/2	See Annual Return 2009
10	1930-1959: engineering records for the River Lee	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	TWA 2008/6	See Annual Return 2008
11	1950-1989: papers rel to the Lee Navigation	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	Acc 2009/5	See Annual Return 2009
12	1970-1986: Thorne: business corresp, logbook of boats, engineering drawings, internal publicity material	Doncaster Archives	DZMD/845
13	1970-1989: slides showing maintenance and repair works (9000)	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	Acc 2009/6	See Annual Return 2009
14	1980-1989: national Architectural Heritage Survey records	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	TWA 2008/17	See Annual Return 2008
15	1990-2008: archaeological surveys of Tower Wharf and North Basin Chester	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	TWA 2008/22	See Annual Return 2008
16	1991: botanical survey of the Kennet and Avon canal	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	TWA 2008/4	See Annual Return 2008
17	2002: archaeological surveys of the Ribble Link and Locomotor Bridge, Huddersfield	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	TWA 2008/3	See Annual Return 2008
18	2008: archaeological survey of Brecon and Abergavenny canal lift gate	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	TWA 2008/21	See Annual Return 2008
19	1865-1980: internal transfer from CRT Newark maps covering Erewash Canal, river Trent	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	2013/45
20	c1900-1999: internal transfer from CT Bulbourne, maps dated min 1960's, large scale plans Brentford Docks and other records	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	2013/46
21	c1960-1969: internal transfer from CRT Leeds, film footage	Waterways Archive, Gloucester	2013/48
22	1970-2002: Harecastle Tunnel notebooks	National Waterways Archive	CRT/MER/1	See Annual Return 2017
23	2002: VHS tapes of restoration of Anderton Boat Lift	National Waterways Archive	2017/21	See Annual Return 2017
24	1947-1949: toll permits and declarations for cargoes from Ellesmere Port to Wolverhampton for narrow boat 'Ferret'	National Waterways Archive	CRT/FER	See Annual Return 2017
25	1973-1999: Weaver navigation lock keeper's diaries, Dutton Locks	National Waterways Archive	CRT/WND	See Annual Return 2017
26	20th cent: records rel to Aire & Calder and North Eastern waterways	National Waterways Archive	2017/33	See Annual Return 2017
27	1922-1928: photograph albums rel to Newark Nether Lock, Stoke Lock and Hazleford Lock	National Waterways Archive	CRT/LOCK/1-3	See Annual Return 2018
28	1894: agreement for through tolls between Runcorn, Anderton Lift and Manchester, South Staffordshire and other canal routes	National Waterways Archive	CRT/BMT/21	See Annual Return 2018
29	1979-1988: records of fatalities on canal network (restricted access until 31/12/2063)	National Waterways Archive	CRT/FAT	See Annual Return 2018
30	c 1950: annotated map books showing river authority boundaries for Lancashire and waters owned or managed by British Waterways Board in the Mersey & Weaver Authority areas	National Waterways Archive	CRT/MAP/2	See Annual Return 2018
31	1990-2001: Bulbourne workshop: specification drawings for lock gates on various canals	National Waterways Archive	CRT/BUL/1	See Annual Return 2018