Catalogue description Board of Trade: Marine Department: Imperial Lighthouse Service: Bahamas

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Reference: BT 206
Title: Board of Trade: Marine Department: Imperial Lighthouse Service: Bahamas
Description:

These records cover the day to day administration by the Imperial Lighthouse Service of eleven lighthouse stations built by the UK Government between 1836 and 1889.
Date: 1855-1948
Separated material:

The collection is incomplete as many of the records were destroyed by enemy action during the Second World War.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Imperial Lighthouse Service, 1855-1973
Physical description: 25 volume(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

The Bahamas Imperial Lighthouse Service was controlled by the Marine Division of the Board of Trade until it was handed over to the Bahamas Government on 10 July 1973 (Independence Day).

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