Electricity Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Electricity Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Electricity Committee; 1923-1948 ,1904-1911

    Other form(s) of name

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

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1904-1911 and 1923-1948

    History

    In 1932 York was connected to the National Grid and then produced only a minority of the electricity it consumed. Control was transfered to the North-Eastern Electricity Board in 1948 when electricity and gas were nationalised. During this period the Corporation bought the tramways from a private company (in 1909) and electrified them (in 1910).

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Oversaw the Corporation's generation and supply of electricity.

    Mandates/sources of authority

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    In 1932 York was connected to the National Grid and then produced only a minority of the electricity it consumed. Control was transfered to the North-Eastern Electricity Board in 1948 when electricity and gas were nationalised. During this period the Corporation bought the tramways from a private company (in 1909) and electrified them (in 1910).

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Electric Lighting Committee (1897-1904)

    Identifier of related entity

    GB0192-28

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Electric Lighting Committee is the predecessor of Electricity Committee

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Electricity and Tramways Committee (1911-1923)

    Identifier of related entity

    GB0192-36

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Electricity and Tramways Committee is the successor of Electricity Committee

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Occupations

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    GB0192-35

    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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    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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        Sources

        VCH York.

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