IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/MDET
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: METROPOLITAN AND DISTRICT ELECTRIC TRACTION COMPANY
Date(s): 1901-1902
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.1 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Metropolitan and District Electric Traction Company
Metropolitan District Railway
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Metropolitan and District Electric Traction Company was formed in 1901 to electrify the Metropolitan District Railway (now the District Line). This included the construction of the Lots Road Power Station to supply electricity. The American investor who owned the Metropolitan District Railway, Charles Yerkes, favoured using DC power with third rail pick-up; while a joint committee of the Metropolitan Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway had favoured AC traction. A Board of Trade ruling led to the use of DC. The District Railway was electrified by 1905.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Metropolitan and District Electric Traction Company, comprising minutes of Board Meetings and General Meetings.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/MDET/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
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010