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Transport Ministries: Trunk and Principal Roads (Winter Maintenance) (WM Series)...
Catalogue reference: MT 133
What's it about?
MT 133
This series contains registered files from the WM series of the Winter Maintenance Branch of the Trunk and Classified Roads Division, relating to the acquisition, organisation and deployment of winter maintenance vehicles and equipment. It...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 133
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Trunk and Principal Roads (Winter Maintenance) (WM Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1942-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files from the WM series of the Winter Maintenance Branch of the Trunk and Classified Roads Division, relating to the acquisition, organisation and deployment of winter maintenance vehicles and equipment. It includes specifications, modifications and purchase details.
The WM prefix was first used in 1966, and appears to have continued in use until at least 1975. Some of the files in this series were re-registered from other series, namely HM (highways management), ME (mechanical engineering) (otherwise in MT 102), HN (highways northern) (otherwise in MT 100) and HE (highways engineering) (otherwise in MT 95).
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some files of the WM series have been re-registered into the HM series
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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WM series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, Trunk and Principal Roads (Winter Maintenance), 1970-1971
- Department of the Environment, Trunk and Principal Roads Administration Division, Winter Maintenance and Claims Branch, 1971-1974
- Department of the Environment, Trunk and Principal Roads Administration Division, Winter Maintenance and Claims Branch, 1974-1976
- Ministry of Transport, Trunk and Principal Roads (Winter Maintenance), 1966-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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40 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1989 Department of Transport
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Though it is unclear exactly when the Winter Maintenance Branch of the Trunk and Classified Roads Division was created, its functions included responsibility for maintenance vehicles including snow ploughs, their maintenance, hire and specifications.
In 1970 following a reorganisation which resulted from the creation of the Department of the Environment, the Branch became the Winter Maintenance and Claims Branch of the Trunk and Principal Road Administration Division. A further reorganisation in 1971 resulted in the Branch becoming part of the Highways Maintenance and Management Division (renamed the Highways Management Division in 1974).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11182/
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