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Mines Department and Successor: Coal Division: Emergency Services, Correspondence...

Catalogue reference: POWE 17

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POWE 17

Files relating to the price, control, supply, demand and distribution of coal, coke, anthracite, etc, during the Second World War and up to the end of rationing in 1958. Until 1942 these are records of the Mines Department.

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Reference
POWE 17
Title
Mines Department and Successor: Coal Division: Emergency Services, Correspondence and Papers
Date
1937-1965
Description

Files relating to the price, control, supply, demand and distribution of coal, coke, anthracite, etc, during the Second World War and up to the end of rationing in 1958. Until 1942 these are records of the Mines Department.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Mines Department, 1920-1942
  • Ministry of Fuel and Power, Coal Division, 1942-1957
Physical description
101 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure
Subjects
Topics
Conflict
Coal
Rationing
Mining and quarrying
Operations, battles and campaigns
Unpublished finding aids
A History of the Gas Industry (Unpublished) (Cabinet Office ref: CAB/HIST/G/1/1/2)
Publication note(s)
Papers referred to in the following official histories will be found in POWE 17, POWE 18, POWE 19, POWE 20, POWE 21, POWE 22: Prof. W.H.B. Court, A History of Coal (HMSO, 1951)C.I. Savage, A History of Inland Transport (H.M.S.O.1957)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11834/

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