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Pedestrian controlled, battery driven trucks. Includes 5 photographs depicting: Vehicles:...
Catalogue reference: MT 98/36
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This record is about the Pedestrian controlled, battery driven trucks. Includes 5 photographs depicting: Vehicles:... dating from 1946-1959 in the series Ministry of Transport and successors, Vehicle Safety Divisions: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MT 98/36
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1946-1959
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Description (What the record is about)
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Pedestrian controlled, battery driven trucks.
Includes 5 photographs depicting: Vehicles: electrically driven tricycles - pedestrian controlled: views of same. Experimental milk floats: construction and use. Dated 1951.
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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)
- VS4/1/082 [RV 17000/35 Part 1]
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3726115/
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MT 98
Ministry of Transport and successors, Vehicle Safety Divisions: Registered Files
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Pedestrian controlled, battery driven trucks. Includes 5 photographs depicting: Vehicles:...
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