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County Borough of Bolton Biography Biography
In 1838 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, the townships of Great Bolton and Little Bolton along with the Haulgh area from Tonge with Haulgh township were incorporated as a municipal borough, making it the second to be created in England after Devonport. The legality of the charter was disputed until the Borough Charter Confirmation Act, 1842 confirmed its status. By 1889 the population of Bolton exceeded 50,000 and as a result it was constituted as a county borough by the Local Government Act 1888. Although situated in the County of Lancashire, it was administered independently from Lancashire until the Local Government Act 1974 when the County Borough of Bolton was abolished, and it was transferred to Greater Manchester to form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.

Scope and Content
Illustrated souvenir brochure commemorating the opening of the switchgear extensions of the Back o' th' Bank Power Station in Bolton on the 9th October 1935.
Physical description
Good
Language
English
Archival history
The donor worked at Back o' th' Bank power station for c.3 years in the early 1960s and his father had worked as a transport engineer for CEGB based at Kearsley. Either may have originally collected the brochure.
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Subject
Electricity
Electrical engineering
Power plants
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.