The collection comprises:
The Boston and District Electric Supply Company Limited (or Besco as it was known) was registered in May 1923 as a public company with authorised capital of 170,000 pounds in one pound shares. The offices of the company were in Dolphin Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire. Besco supplied electricity to homes and street lights in Boston; the main street of the town was lit electrically for the first time in August 1924. Supply extended out of Boston for the first time in 1926 to the nearby village of Kirton. By 1948, the company was supplying to 10,600 consumers and covered 276 miles with power lines. The company was nationalised in 1948 and its activities were taken over by the East Midlands Electricity Board.
The collection has been arranged into seven series. Within these series, items have been arranged chronologically.
ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers subject to restrictions concerning personal information.
REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.
This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.
COPYRIGHT: Permission to make published use of items in the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk). The Department will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but this is often difficult and the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the person wishing to publish.
LANGUAGE: English
The collection was given to The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in April 2000 by PowerGen.
