Collection GB 0074 ACC/1297/MELT - METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1297/MELT

Title

METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAY

Date(s)

  • 1901-1933 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.35 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The Metropolitan Electric Tramways Company Limited was founded in 1894 as the Metropolitan Tramways and Omnibus Company Limited. The company had an agreement with Middlesex County Council to operate electric tramways that the Council was constructing. The company was purchased in 1904 by British Electric Traction who changed the name to Metropolitan Electric Tramways. The area of operations was expanded, including much of Middlesex and parts of Hertfordshire. In 1913 the company became a subsidiary of the London and Suburban Traction Company, which was co-owned by British Electric Traction and Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd. In 1933 the company was absorbed into the London Passenger Transport Board.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1297/MELT 1901-1933 Collection 1.35 linear metres Metropolitan Electric Tramways Co Ltd
Metropolitan Tramways and Omnibus Co Ltd

The Metropolitan Electric Tramways Company Limited was founded in 1894 as the Metropolitan Tramways and Omnibus Company Limited. The company had an agreement with Middlesex County Council to operate electric tramways that the Council was constructing. The company was purchased in 1904 by British Electric Traction who changed the name to Metropolitan Electric Tramways. The area of operations was expanded, including much of Middlesex and parts of Hertfordshire. In 1913 the company became a subsidiary of the London and Suburban Traction Company, which was co-owned by British Electric Traction and Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd. In 1933 the company was absorbed into the London Passenger Transport Board.

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

Records of the Metropolitan Electric Tramway Company, including minutes of Board meetings; minutes of General meetings; minutes of the Directors' Committee; and reports.

ACC/1297/MELT/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/MELT/04: Reports.

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

SMEETON, C S - The Metropolitan Electric Tramways, Vol. I: Origins to 1920, Vol. II: 1921 to 1933 (LMA library reference 27.23 SME).

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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Metropolitan Electric Tramway Company, including minutes of Board meetings; minutes of General meetings; minutes of the Directors' Committee; and reports.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/1297/MELT/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/MELT/04: Reports.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Finding aids

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

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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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  • English

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