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Catalogue description Electricity Commission: Correspondence and Papers
| Reference: | POWE 12 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Electricity Commission: Correspondence and Papers |
| Description: |
This series consists of correspondence and papers dealing with all aspects of the Electricity Commissioners' functions in connection with the supply, transmission and distribution of electricity, and in 1936, (Electricity Supply (Meters) Act 1936), the re-organisation of meter testing arrangements. Some early Ministry of Transport Electricity Branch and Board of Trade Industrial Power and Transport Department papers, and a few later records of the Gas and Electricity Division of the Ministry of Fuel and Power, are included in this series. |
| Date: | 1919-1953 |
| Arrangement: |
The papers in this series have been grouped into subjects similar to those in POWE 13 to facilitate cross reference. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Trade, Industrial Power and Transport Department, 1918-1919 Electricity Commission, 1919-1948 Ministry of Fuel and Power, Gas and Electricity Division, 1942-1947 Ministry of Transport, Electricity Branch, 1920-1941 |
| Physical description: | 888 file(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 provided for the establishment of the Electricity Commissioners to be responsible for all aspects of electricity supply. |
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