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Date(s)
- 1897-1948 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
8 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative 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).
Name of creator
Administrative history
In 1897 the Corporation formally decided to supply the city with electricity. The Electric Lighting Committee recruited the first City Electrical Engineer in 1899 and oversaw the construction of a power station at Foss Islands which opened in 1900.
The Committee was renamed the Electricity Committee in 1904 because other uses of electricity had increased.
Instructed City Electrical Engineer.
Name of creator
Administrative 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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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Volumes 2, 4-8 contain indexes. For committee name changes see linked authority files,
- 1897
- 1897-1907
- 1907-15
- 1915-21
- 1921-27
- 1927-36
- 1936-46
- 1946-48
Accruals
System of arrangement
BC 36.1 and BC 36.2 are wrapped together with BC 42
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Language of material
- English
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Related units of description
See Y/COU/5/9 Planning Property and Transport for Tramways Committee minutes