Record

RefNoACS/3/9
LevelFile
TitleFile titled 'Books and Maps', organised by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton
CreatorSwinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer
Date1892-1927
DescriptionFile previously labelled 'Books and Maps' comprising official documentation and a press article pertaining to the Bedforshire Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company, including copies of a 1925 petition against the bill looking to incorporate and coferr powers upon the Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Electricity Company; a 1927 special order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts 1882 to 1926 in respect of the compulsory acquisition of lands for a generating station; an 1892 copy of the Memorandum of Association of The Cambridge Electric Supply Company, Limited; a scrap copy of an article by Swinton, from The Electrical Engineer, dated 6 January 1893, titled 'The Manufacture of Electricity in the Future'; a 1924 printed district boundary map; and one letter written on transfer paper, illegible due to ink bleeding.
Extent7 items
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
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