Catalogue description GENERAL HYDRAULIC POWER COMPANY LIMITED

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Title: GENERAL HYDRAULIC POWER COMPANY LIMITED
Description:

Contains corporate and administrative records, accounting records, share details, property and legal records, personnel records, technical records and printed material for the General Hydraulic Power Company Limited and associated companies.
Date: 1882-1992
Arrangement:

B/GH General Hydraulic Power Company Ltd

 

B/GH/ACH Aldous Campbell Hypower Ltd

 

B/GH/GP General Power Company

 

B/GH/GRO Grosvenor Hypower Ltd

 

B/GH/HAT Hatfield Insurance Company

 

B/GH/HYP Hypower Ltd

 

B/GH/LH London Hydraulic Power Company

 

B/GH/LIV Liverpool Hydraulic Power Company

 

B/GH/TRA De Trafford Estate Company

 

B/GH/WH Wharves and Warehouses Steam Power and Hydraulic Pressure Company

 

B/GH/MISC Miscellaneous
Held by: London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

General Hydraulic Power Company Ltd
Immediate source of acquisition:

Ac/68/33 and Ac/68/83
Subjects:
  • Hydraulic engineering
Administrative / biographical background:

The General Hydraulic Power Company Limited, was formed in 1882, the date of incorporation being 29 June. It incorporated the Wharves and Warehouses Steam Power and Hydraulic Pressure Company, formed in 1872, which became the London Hydraulic Power Company in January 1884 (as authorised by the London Hydraulic Power Company Acts 1871 and 1884) and the Liverpool Hydraulic Power Company (authorised by the Liverpool Hydraulic Power Company Acts, 1884 and 1887)
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