Catalogue description TANKS Group Archive

This record is held by Manchester University: University of Manchester Library

Details of TANKS
Reference: TANKS
Title: TANKS Group Archive
Description:

Papers include correspondence files, annual reports, minutes, accounts, contracts and legal documents, relating to the various companies within the Group. As well as being of interest to industrial historians, they are a valuable source for studies of colonialism and economic development in Africa

Date: c.1893-1950
Held by: Manchester University: University of Manchester Library, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Tanks Group Services Ltd

Physical description: 7.17 cu.m
Access conditions:

Access restricted until late 2006

Immediate source of acquisition:

The archive was initially deposited by the company at Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry; the Museum transferred the archive to JRULM in 1995

Subjects:
  • Tanzania, Africa
  • Mozambique, Africa
  • Zimbabwe, Africa
  • Zambia, Africa
  • Mining
  • Railway transport
Unpublished finding aids:

Partial handlist

Administrative / biographical background:

Tanks Group Services Ltd was a London-based holding company for several railway and mining concerns in Central and East Africa. It oversaw such companies as the Benguela Railway Company, Geita Gold Mining Company Ltd, Rhodesia Katanga Company Ltd, Tanganyika Concessions Ltd, Tanganyika Concessions Union Minire, Zambesia Exploring Company Ltd and The Nile Congo Divide Syndicate Ltd. The company was originally known as Tanganyika Holdings Ltd

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