Collection GB 0074 ACC/2558/WK - WEST KENT MAIN SEWERAGE BOARD

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2558/WK

Title

WEST KENT MAIN SEWERAGE BOARD

Date(s)

  • 1875-1974 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.22 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The West Kent Main Sewerage Board managed a large network of sewers in the Kent area. The Board constructed the Dartford Sewerage Works at Long Reach and a sludge digestion works at Bromley.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2558/WK 1875-1974 Collection 1.22 linear metres West Kent Main Sewerage Board

The West Kent Main Sewerage Board managed a large network of sewers in the Kent area. The Board constructed the Dartford Sewerage Works at Long Reach and a sludge digestion works at Bromley.

Deposited in 1988, as part of a larger accession of records from Thames Water.

Records of the West Kent Main Sewerage Board, including Board minutes; Committee minutes including the Finance Committee, Superannuation Joint Committee and Works Committee; financial records including registers of agreements, register of mortgages and transfers and loans ledger; letter books; and minutes of proceedings of the West Kent Drainage Bill.

Records of the West Kent Main Sewerage Board have been arranged in 5 series.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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 Environmental engineering Sanitation Waste disposal Waste treatment Sewers Drainage Water resources Sewerage Information sources Documents Business records Company archives West Kent Main Sewerage Board Kent England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 1988, as part of a larger accession of records from Thames Water.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the West Kent Main Sewerage Board, including Board minutes; Committee minutes including the Finance Committee, Superannuation Joint Committee and Works Committee; financial records including registers of agreements, register of mortgages and transfers and loans ledger; letter books; and minutes of proceedings of the West Kent Drainage Bill.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records of the West Kent Main Sewerage Board have been arranged in 5 series.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

    Accession area