IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/LOT
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LOTS ROAD POWER HOUSE
Date(s): 1911-1933
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.7 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Metropolitan District Railway Company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
When the companies operating underground railways began to electrify them it was necessary for them to generate their own power as there was no National Grid. In 1897 the Metropolitan District Railway obtained permission to build a coal fuelled power station at Lots Road, at the junction of the Thames and Chelsea Creek. The station was completed by 1905. It provided most of the electricity needed by the London Underground and the tram networks, but was closed in 2002 when it became cheaper to purchase electricity than generate it.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Lots Road Power House, comprising minutes of Joint Committee Meetings; minutes of the Metropolitan District and London Electric Railway Companies Power House Working Committee; minutes of meetings of Trustees; and monthly reports.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/1297/LOT/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/LOT/04: Monthly Reports.
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
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010