Collection GB 0074 ACC/1297/MDET - METROPOLITAN AND DISTRICT ELECTRIC TRACTION COMPANY

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GB 0074 ACC/1297/MDET

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METROPOLITAN AND DISTRICT ELECTRIC TRACTION COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1901-1902 (Création/Production)

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0.1 linear metres

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The Metropolitan and District Electric Traction Company was formed in 1901 to electrify the Metropolitan District Railway (now the District Line). This included the construction of the Lots Road Power Station to supply electricity. The American investor who owned the Metropolitan District Railway, Charles Yerkes, favoured using DC power with third rail pick-up; while a joint committee of the Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway had favoured AC traction. A Board of Trade ruling led to the use of DC. The District Railway was electrified by 1905.

Histoire archivistique

GB 0074 ACC/1297/MDET 1901-1902 Collection 0.1 linear metres Metropolitan and District Electric Traction Company
Metropolitan District Railway

The Metropolitan and District Electric Traction Company was formed in 1901 to electrify the Metropolitan District Railway (now the District Line). This included the construction of the Lots Road Power Station to supply electricity. The American investor who owned the Metropolitan District Railway, Charles Yerkes, favoured using DC power with third rail pick-up; while a joint committee of the Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway had favoured AC traction. A Board of Trade ruling led to the use of DC. The District Railway was electrified by 1905.

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

Records of the Metropolitan and District Electric Traction Company, comprising minutes of Board Meetings and General Meetings.

Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/MDET/01: Minutes.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

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

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.

November 2009 to February 2010 Information sources Documents Business records Transport infrastructure Railways Underground railway networks Enterprises Companies Transport companies Public transport Transport Transport planning Urban transport development Transport organizations Organizations Urban transport Company archives Metropolitan and District Electric Traction Company Metropolitan District Railway London England UK Western Europe Europe

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

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Portée et contenu

Records of the Metropolitan and District Electric Traction Company, comprising minutes of Board Meetings and General Meetings.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

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Mode de classement

Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/MDET/01: Minutes.

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Conditions d'accès

Available for general access.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

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English

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

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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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  • anglais

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