The story of
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Series
Department of Industry; Electrical Engineering, Process Plant and Industrial Technologies...
Catalogue reference: PV 9
What's it about?
PV 9
The files in this series are concerned with the department's relationship with the crane manufacturing, mechanical lifting and industrial trucks industries and liaison with the National Enterprise Board. There are also files relating to the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PV 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Industry; Electrical Engineering, Process Plant and Industrial Technologies Division and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Division: Registered Files (KU Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1976-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series are concerned with the department's relationship with the crane manufacturing, mechanical lifting and industrial trucks industries and liaison with the National Enterprise Board. There are also files relating to the division's contribution to the Industrial Strategy Working Parties on Industrial Trucks and Construction Equipment and Mobile Cranes.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records ae arranged in file number order.
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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)
- KU Series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Industry, Electrical Engineering, Process Plant and Industrial Technologies Division, 1977-1980
- Department of Industry, Electronic Applications Division, 1978-1983
- Department of Industry, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Division, 1980-1983
- Department of Industry, Minerals, Metals, Electrical Engineering, Process Plant and Industrial Technologies Division,, 1974-1976
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2006 Department of Trade and Industry
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under Collection Theme 2.2.1.2 Management of the economy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16355/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,139 records
Within the department: PV
Records created or inherited by the Department of Industry, 1974-1983, and successors
You are currently looking at the series: PV 9
Department of Industry; Electrical Engineering, Process Plant and Industrial Technologies Division and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Division: Registered Files (KU Series)
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