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Durham City Council (1179 - 1974)

Reference: Du 1 Catalogue Title: Durham City Council (1179 - 1974) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Supply of electric light to Durham City

Covering Dates: 1898-1929

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  • Durham City Council (1179 - 1974)
    • Papers concerning the supply of electric light to Durham (Ref: Du 1/64/32-64)

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Papers concerning the supply of electric light to Durham (Ref: Du 1/64/32-64)Ref: Du 1/64/34

Authorisation for an application to the Board of Trade for a provisional order empowering the Council to supply electricity within the City, 7 November 1898
(1 paper)

Ref: Du 1/64/35

Copy of The Durham County Advertiser announcing the council's intention as in Du 1/64/34 above, 18 and 25 November and 15 December 1898
(5 papers)

Ref: Du 1/64/36

Number not allocated

Ref: Du 1/64/39

Bill of costs for the Durham Corporation Electric Lighting Order, 7 November 1898 - 13 July 1899
(1 file)

Ref: Du 1/64/40

Durham Corporation Electric Lighting Order, 62 and 63 Victoria, 1899
(1 booklet)

Ref: Du 1/64/45

Copy of Durham Chronicle containing advertisement as in Du 1/64/43,44 above, 15 - 22 December 1899
(3 papers)

Ref: Du 1/64/46

Brief description of electric lighting system, n.d.
(1 paper)

Ref: Du 1/64/47

1900 (1) Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham (2) The County of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Company Ltd. Draft deed of transfer from (1) to (2) of powers of (1) under Electric Light Orders Confirmation (No.6) Act, 1899 Consideration: £485
(1 file)

Ref: Du 1/64/50-52

Deed of Transfer as amended by the Board of Trade and accompanying correspondence between Sydney Morse, 37 Norfolk Street, Strand, London WC and the Town Clerk, Durham, 13 and 23 July 1900
(1 file, 1 paper)

Ref: Du 1/64/55

Copy deed of transfer from the City of Durham to the County of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Co. Ltd., 7 January 1901
(1 paper)

Ref: Du 1/64/56

Correspondence between the Board of Trade and Fisheries and Harbour Department, and the Town Clerk, Durham concerning the Durham Corporation Electric Lighting Order, 1899, 12 October 1900 - 11 June 1901
(1 file)

Ref: Du 1/64/57-60

Official copy of Board of Trade Regulations for the Durham Corporation Electric Lighting Order, 1899, 1 July 1905; 1 January 1910
(1 file)

Ref: Du 1/64/61-64

Transcript of proceedings into a local inquiry into applications by local authorities for a revision of maximum prices and methods of charge of Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company Ltd., The Cleveland and Durham County Electric Supply Company, The County of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Company Ltd. and the Northern Counties Electricity Supply Company Ltd., lst - 4th days, 17 December - 20 December 1929
(1 file)

Ref: Du 1/64/32,33

Report to the Mayor and Members of the Corporation of the City of Durham on the advisability of establishing municipal electricity supply works by W.C.C. Hawtayne, November 1898 Plan of underground mains attached
(1 booklet, 1 plan)

Ref: Du 1/64/37,38

1899 (1) Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Durham (2) County of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Company Draft agreement for the supply of electricity to the City by (2) on behalf of (1) Attached: Draft notice of transfer
(1 file)

Ref: Du 1/64/41,42

A Bill intitled An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and 1888 relating to Ashford (Kent), Bognor Burslem (Extension) Cheltenham (Extension), Durham, Haslingden and Ilkeston, 1899 and covering letter from Durnford and Co., 38 Parliament Street, Westminster SW to the Town Clerk, Durham, 23 June 1899
(1 file, paper)

Ref: Du 1/64/43,44

Draft form of advertisement announcing the City's intention of transferring its powers under the Durham Corporation Electric Lighting Order, 1899, to the Durham Electrical Power Distribution Company Ltd., 14 December 1899 and covering letter from Durnford and Co., 38 Parliament Street, Westminster SW to the Town Clerk, Durham, 4 November 1899
(1 file, 1 paper)

Ref: Du 1/64/48,49

An Act for incorporating and conferring powers upon the County of Durham Electric Power Supply Company and for other purposes, 6 August 1900, and accompanying letter from the Secretary, The Electrical Power Distribution Company Ltd., 27 April 1900
(1 booklet, 1 file)

Ref: Du 1/64/53,54

Bill of accounts for obtaining of electric light rendered by Sydney Morse to Durham City, 7 December 1898 - 24 May 1900, and accompanying letter, 2 October 1900
(3 papers)



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