File 280 'Oil in Navigable Waters Act, 1922'

Reference No:
C DPD/1/3/5/1/135
Dates:
23 Dec 1922-28 Dec 1929
Description:
File comprises correspondence between the engineer to the Humber Conservancy Board, various petroleum companies, and H. M. Coastguard, Scarborough, regarding the oil in Navigable Waters Act, 1922. This Act covers the discharge/cleaning of ballast water of tankers stating when and where this can be carried out, transhipments from one vessel to another, and the hours when petroleum cargo can be discharged from vessels. Includes reports of leakages of oil and oil on the foreshore near Saltend, etc.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull City Archives
Collection:
Records of Humber Conservancy and the Humber Ports (Records deposited by Associated British Ports and its Predecessors)