Colección LCC/CE/WAR - CHIEF ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: EMERGENCY WARTIME MEASURES

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LCC/CE/WAR

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CHIEF ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: EMERGENCY WARTIME MEASURES

Fecha(s)

  • 1934-1948 (Creación)

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4.67 linear metres

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The Chief Engineer was responsible for overseeing construction and maintenance of LCC buildings, bridges, roads and tunnels. He was also responsible for flood prevention measures, drainage and sewerage and other matters of public health.

The London County Council Chief Engineer and County Surveyors:

1889: J Gordon and C Dunscombe

1890 Sir Alexander Binnie

1901 Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice

1913 Sir George Humphreys

1930 Sir Peirson Frank

1946 Sir Joseph Rawlinson

1962 FM Fuller

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LCC/CE/WAR 1934-1948 Collection 4.67 linear metres LCC , London County Council x London County Council

The Chief Engineer was responsible for overseeing construction and maintenance of LCC buildings, bridges, roads and tunnels. He was also responsible for flood prevention measures, drainage and sewerage and other matters of public health.

The London County Council Chief Engineer and County Surveyors:

1889: J Gordon and C Dunscombe

1890 Sir Alexander Binnie

1901 Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice

1913 Sir George Humphreys

1930 Sir Peirson Frank

1946 Sir Joseph Rawlinson

1962 FM Fuller

Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council.

Records of the London County Council Chief Engineer's Department relating to Emergency Wartime Measures, including prewar subject files relating to air raid and civil defence precautions, 1934-1939, including rescue parties, special devices and inventions, navigation lights on the Thames, sand bags, movement of vehicles, first aid posts, anti aircraft batteries, barrage balloons, warden's posts, blackouts, coordination of road repairs and emergency repair depots; papers relating to the emergency running of the Woolwich Ferry, 1938-1939; papers of the London Regional Council and London Civil Defence Region Coordinating Committee, 1938-1939.

Subject files of the London Civil Defence Region, 1939-1945, relating to bridges, subways, road repairs, river defences, gas installations, sewers, water and gas mains, war debris disposal, plant and materials, water supply, mobile cranes, hurricane lamps, electricity, decontamination, regional exercises, radio security, unexploded bombs, rehousing homeless people, mutual assistance arrangements, invasion defences, labour surveys and dumps for debris disposal; papers of the Technical Advisory Committee on Civil Defence (London Regional Engineers and Surveyors), 1939-1945; papers of the Coordination of Road Repairs Groups, 1939-1944; notes and documents gathered in preparation for a history of the wartime activities of the Chief Engineer's Department (this book was not written).

Home Security Circulars, 1941-1945; Home Security Regional Circulars, 1940-1945; London Region Circulars, 1939-1945; London Civil Defence Regions Operations Circulars, 1939-1945; Air Raid Precautions Service equipment bulletins, memoranda, handbooks and training manuals, 1937-1945; Provisional Code for Air Raid Shelters, 1939; various publications relating to air raid precautions and emergency measures, 1939-1945.

London Civil Defence Region situation reports, 1940-1945; daily situation reports from various LCC departments, 1939-1945; situation reports on the state of London drainage, bridges, gas mains, railway lines, cables and mains, 1940-1945; weekly summaries of roads obstructed, 1940-1945; analysis of situation reports, 1941-1944; Group Engineer log books, 1940-1948; log books of Road Repairs Coordinating Branch of the London Civil Defence Region, 1940-1945; log of Thames flood prevention emergency repairs, 1940-1945.

LCC/CE/WAR/01: Air raid precautions; LCC/CE/WAR/02: London Civil Defence Region; LCC/CE/WAR/03: Circulars and Handbooks; LCC/CE/WAR/04: Reports; LCC/CE/WAR/05: Log books.

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Copyright: City of London
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For London County Council Chief Engineer's Department see LCC/CE/DO; LCC/CE/GEN; LCC/CE/MD; LCC/CE/MD; LCC/CE/PH; LCC/CE/RB and LCC/CE/WAR.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Environmental engineering Sanitation Waste disposal Waste treatment Sewers People People by occupation Surveyors Building surveyors Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Safety Disaster prevention Emergency planning Civil defence Air raid precautions Military engineering Military strategy War planning Scientific personnel Scientists Engineers Roads Transport infrastructure Flood defences Flood control Defence Emergency services LCC , London County Council x London County Council Chief Engineer's Department , London County Council London Civil Defence Region Air Raid Precautions Service London England UK Western Europe State security Europe Engineering personnel Personnel Military science Social sciences

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

Acquired with the records of its parent body, the London County Council.

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Records of the London County Council Chief Engineer's Department relating to Emergency Wartime Measures, including prewar subject files relating to air raid and civil defence precautions, 1934-1939, including rescue parties, special devices and inventions, navigation lights on the Thames, sand bags, movement of vehicles, first aid posts, anti aircraft batteries, barrage balloons, warden's posts, blackouts, coordination of road repairs and emergency repair depots; papers relating to the emergency running of the Woolwich Ferry, 1938-1939; papers of the London Regional Council and London Civil Defence Region Coordinating Committee, 1938-1939.

Subject files of the London Civil Defence Region, 1939-1945, relating to bridges, subways, road repairs, river defences, gas installations, sewers, water and gas mains, war debris disposal, plant and materials, water supply, mobile cranes, hurricane lamps, electricity, decontamination, regional exercises, radio security, unexploded bombs, rehousing homeless people, mutual assistance arrangements, invasion defences, labour surveys and dumps for debris disposal; papers of the Technical Advisory Committee on Civil Defence (London Regional Engineers and Surveyors), 1939-1945; papers of the Coordination of Road Repairs Groups, 1939-1944; notes and documents gathered in preparation for a history of the wartime activities of the Chief Engineer's Department (this book was not written).

Home Security Circulars, 1941-1945; Home Security Regional Circulars, 1940-1945; London Region Circulars, 1939-1945; London Civil Defence Regions Operations Circulars, 1939-1945; Air Raid Precautions Service equipment bulletins, memoranda, handbooks and training manuals, 1937-1945; Provisional Code for Air Raid Shelters, 1939; various publications relating to air raid precautions and emergency measures, 1939-1945.

London Civil Defence Region situation reports, 1940-1945; daily situation reports from various LCC departments, 1939-1945; situation reports on the state of London drainage, bridges, gas mains, railway lines, cables and mains, 1940-1945; weekly summaries of roads obstructed, 1940-1945; analysis of situation reports, 1941-1944; Group Engineer log books, 1940-1948; log books of Road Repairs Coordinating Branch of the London Civil Defence Region, 1940-1945; log of Thames flood prevention emergency repairs, 1940-1945.

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LCC/CE/WAR/01: Air raid precautions; LCC/CE/WAR/02: London Civil Defence Region; LCC/CE/WAR/03: Circulars and Handbooks; LCC/CE/WAR/04: Reports; LCC/CE/WAR/05: Log books.

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Available for general access.

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Copyright: City of London

Idioma del material

  • inglés

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  • latín

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English

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For London County Council Chief Engineer's Department see LCC/CE/DO; LCC/CE/GEN; LCC/CE/MD; LCC/CE/MD; LCC/CE/PH; LCC/CE/RB and LCC/CE/WAR.

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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