Series
Admiralty, Directorate of Works, and Air Ministry, Directorate of Works and Buildings:...
Catalogue reference: AIR 59
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AIR 59
This collection began under the Director of Works at the Admiralty and continued under the Director of Works and Buildings at the Air Ministry. This series consists of a set of albums of photographs of various stages in the construction of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AIR 59
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty, Directorate of Works, and Air Ministry, Directorate of Works and Buildings: Photographs
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1932
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection began under the Director of Works at the Admiralty and continued under the Director of Works and Buildings at the Air Ministry. This series consists of a set of albums of photographs of various stages in the construction of airship sheds, with some photographs also of aeroplane hangars and seaplane bases.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Plans of the Directorate of Works and Buildings in WORK 44
For further records of the Directorate of Works see Admiralty,
Other related material can be found in AIR 74
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Admiralty, Directorate of Works, 1837-1919
- Air Ministry, Directorate of Works and Buildings, 1918-1937
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Air Ministry, Air Historical Branch
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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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The Directorate of Works at the Admiralty was created in the 1880s to draw up plans for the construction of buildings required by the Royal Navy, including, after 1910, the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). In 1918 the RNAS was merged in the Royal Air Force and responsibility for former Royal Naval Air Service establishments passed from the Admiralty to the Air Ministry. At the Air Ministry the construction and maintenance of Air Force buildings was the concern of the Directorate of Works and Buildings, which was renamed the Directorate of Works in 1937.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2114/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AIR
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Admiralty, Directorate of Works, and Air Ministry, Directorate of Works and Buildings: Photographs