| Reference Number | WRI/3/8/3/1 |
| Alternative Reference Number | 8741 |
| Title | Royal Commission on Canals, 1906, and later developments in canal policy |
| Description | Papers recording the involvement of South Staffordshire (Iron & Allied Trades) Freighters' Association and Dudley Chamber of Commerce, with a draft deposition by H M Hingley on the future of canal transport. He suggests that the canals should be nationalised.
A newspaper cutting in bundle 2 concerning the harmonisation of rail freight rates incidentally also records the end of the Birmingham steam trams. |
| Date | 1907 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 3 bundles |
| Level | Item |