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UNION CONSTRUCTION COMPANY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/UNC

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: UNION CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Date(s): 1901-1934

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.1 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Union Construction Company | manufacturer of tube and tram cars

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Union Construction Company based at Feltham were a subsidiary company of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd. They constructed tube and tram cars for the Company, including the classic 'Feltham' tramcar. They were taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Union Construction Company, manufacturer of tube and tram cars, comprising minutes of Board meetings and minutes of General meetings.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/UNC/01: Minutes.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Manufacturing industry | Industry
Public transport | Transport
Rolling stock manufacturers | Manufacturers | Industrial personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Trams | Vehicles | Transport
Transport companies | Companies | Enterprises
Transport organizations | Organizations
Underground trains | Trains | Vehicles | Transport
Urban transport | Transport
Urban transport development | Transport planning | Transport
Company archives

Personal names

Corporate names
Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd
Union Construction Company | manufacturer of tube and tram cars

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe