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London Metropolitan Archives

WEST KENT MAIN SEWERAGE BOARD


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2558/WK

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: WEST KENT MAIN SEWERAGE BOARD

Date(s): 1875-1974

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1.22 linear metres

Name of creator(s): West Kent Main Sewerage Board

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The West Kent Main Sewerage Board managed a large network of sewers in the Kent area. The Board constructed the Dartford Sewerage Works at Long Reach and a sludge digestion works at Bromley.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the West Kent Main Sewerage Board, including Board minutes; Committee minutes including the Finance Committee, Superannuation Joint Committee and Works Committee; financial records including registers of agreements, register of mortgages and transfers and loans ledger; letter books; and minutes of proceedings of the West Kent Drainage Bill.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records of the West Kent Main Sewerage Board have been arranged in 5 series.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in 1988, as part of a larger accession of records from Thames Water.

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
Drainage | Water resources
Sewerage | Water resources
Sewers | Waste treatment | Waste disposal | Sanitation | Environmental engineering
Company archives

Personal names

Corporate names
West Kent Main Sewerage Board

Places
Kent | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe