Title
Poster - Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act of 1875
Reference
YA2006.27
Production date
01-01-1934 - 31-12-1934
Creator
- Central Electricity BoardBiographyBiography
The first effective co-ordination of the electricity supply industry came in 1926 with the Electricity (Supply) Act, by which the government established the Central Electricity Board. The Board was a public corporation and built and ran the National Grid of main transmission lines. Electricity generated at selected power stations could be supplied wholesale over these transmission lines to local distributors for sale to customers. Individual undertakings continued to own and operate the power stations and sold their electricity to the Central Electricity Board. By 1934, the National Grid system was serving most parts of Britain. A Government White Paper issued in 1937 proposed that the Electricity Commissioners should prepare schemes for the integration of distribution undertakings into larger groups, but the Second World War prevented legislation.
Scope and Content
One information poster, publicising the extension of the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875 to cover employees of the Central Electricity Board.
The poster reads 'By virtue of Section 31 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, Section 4 of the conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875, extends to persons employed by the Central Electricity Board in like manner as it applies to persons mentioned in that section, with the substitution of references to electricity for the references to gas or water.'
Physical description
The condition of the item is fair.
Language
English
Archival history
Donated to the National Coal Mining Museum and subsequently transferred to the Museum of Science and Industry.
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Subject
Electricity
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.
Related object
- Archive material from the Electricity Council and its predecessor and related organisationsNotesNotes
- The Ferranti ArchiveNotesNotes
Material in various sections of the Ferranti Archive relates to the Central Electricity Board.
- Metropolitan Vickers and GEC business records and photographsNotesNotes
Photographic material in various sections of the Metropolitan Vickers archive relates to the Central Electricity Board.