Electricity and Tramways Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Electricity and Tramways Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Electricity and Tramways Committee; 1911-1923

    Other form(s) of name

    • Electric Lighting Committee (1897-1904), Electricity Committee (1904-1911 and 1923-1948), Tramways Committee (1906-1911), Tramways Committee (1923-1929)

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    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1911-1923

    History

    Formed from a merger of the Electricity and the Tramways committees following the electrification of the previously horse-drawn tram service in 1910. Trialled a hydroelectric generating station at Linton Lock in 1923. Introduced buses in 1915 and built a bus depot in 1921 at Fulford.
    Formed from a merger of the Electricity and the Tramways committees in 1911. Functions separated again in 1923 into the Electricity Committee (1923-1948) and Transport Committee (1923-1973). Instructed Tramways and Motor Manager.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    Oversaw the Corporation's generation and supply of electricity, and managed the tramways.

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    General context

    Formed from a merger of the Electricity and the Tramways committees following the electrification of the previously horse-drawn tram service in 1910. Trialled a hydroelectric generating station at Linton Lock in 1923. Introduced buses in 1915 and built a bus depot in 1921 at Fulford.

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Electricity Committee (1904-1911 and 1923-1948)

    Identifier of related entity

    GB0192-35

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Electricity Committee is the predecessor of Electricity and Tramways Committee

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    Occupations

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    GB0192-36

    Institution identifier

    GB0192

    Rules and/or conventions used

    International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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        VCH York

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