Focus on
Britain's role in The Front Palace Crisis
Discover how a ship's surgeon unknowingly recorded a critical event that reshaped Siam’s government forever.
Piece
Sponge industry: use of sponge clippings as a thermal insulator
Catalogue reference: CO 23/543
What’s it about?
This record is about the Sponge industry: use of sponge clippings as a thermal insulator dating from 1936 May-1936 Nov in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bahamas, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 23/543
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1936 May-1936 Nov
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Sponge industry: use of sponge clippings as a thermal insulator
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 68009/2
-
Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- CO 23/312
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
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))
-
- Topics
- International
- Caribbean
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3094170/
Series information
CO 23
Colonial Office and predecessors: Bahamas, Original Correspondence
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
372,569 records
6,888 records
You are currently looking at the piece: CO 23/543
Sponge industry: use of sponge clippings as a thermal insulator
You may be interested in
Read stories that share a catalogue subject with this record.
-
-
The story of
The Treason Trial in South Africa, 1956–1961
In June 1955, a multi-racial group came together to write the Freedom Charter, demanding racial equality and democracy in South Africa. They were put on trial. -
The story of
A trans botanist’s secret expedition to Antarctica
Explore how Elke Mackenzie, a pioneering transgender botanist, helped reshaped our understanding of polar exploration and LGBT+ history.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.