IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/SMET
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SOUTH METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS
Date(s): 1899-1934
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.3 linear metres
Name of creator(s): South Metropolitan Electric Tramways and Lighting Co Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The South Metropolitan Electric Tramways and Lighting Company Limited operated 52 tramcars and 13.08 miles of tramways in south London, Surrey and Kent. In 1912, along with London United Tramways and Metropolitan Electric Tramways, it was purchased by the London and Suburban Traction Company, a company owned jointly by British Electric Traction and the London Electric Railway Company (the London Underground Group). This Company became part of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of South Metropolitan Electric Tramways, 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/SMET/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
Publication note:
London's Trams and Trolleybuses, John R. Day, published by London Transport, 1979.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010