Catalogue description Roads Department: Unregistered Files

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Reference: MT 84
Title: Roads Department: Unregistered Files
Description:

This series consists of unregistered files from the Roads Department and Roads Transport Divisions of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of War Transport, and Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. The serires contains papers and technical data covering various aspects of road transport, including brakes, tyres, lights, windscreens, steering and loading, exhaust pollution etc, together with material concerning vehicle regulations and the development of producer gas for road vehicles.
Date: 1920-1961
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 63 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1979 to 1997 Department of Transport
Administrative / biographical background:

The growth of road transport following the First World War led to the formation of sections of the Roads Department of the Ministry of Transport dealing with vehicle construction and regulation and the licensing and control of passenger and goods transport.

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