DG files: General dock files

Reference No:
C DPD/5/1/2
Dates:
1913-1959
Description:

A seriesof subject files created by the Chief Docks Engineer based at Hull comprising general files relating to the Docks.

This includes the following subjects: the registration of dredging craft [C DPD/5/1/2/1], the purchase of the hopper dredger 'Foremost 50' [C DPD/5/1/2/2], Government assistance works [C DPD/5/1/2/3], the North Eastern Railway Bill 1921 [C DPD/5/1/2/4–5], the Factories Acts 1927–1948 [C DPD/5/1/2/6–11], damage as a result of enemy action during the Second World War [C DPD/5/1/2/12], road vehicle collision agreements [C DPD/5/1/2/13], the replacement and conversion of solid tyre motor vechicles [C DPD/5/1/2/14], the transfer of the Humber Docks from the Railway Executive to the Docks and Inland Waterways Executive [C DPD/5/1/2/15], and additional coaling facilities at Immingham [C DPD/5/1/2/16–19].

Extent:
19 files
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)