IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-187
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: UNION LIGHTERAGE COMPANY
Date(s): 1884-1887
Level of description: Collection
Extent: Two production units.
Name of creator(s): Union Lighterage Co Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Union Lighterage Company Limited was founded in 1876 and is listed in London directories at 16/17 Philpot Lane, EC from 1876-1962 and then at Beagle House, Leman Street E1 from 1963-71.
Lighters were flat-bottomed barges used for the shipment or unloading of cargo.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Director's minute books for Union Lighterage Company Limited.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two volumes.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought by Guildhall Library in 1995. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
It is not known whether other records have survived.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.