Record

Ref NoBCC/1/CK/D/1/1/2/1/7
Finding NumberBCC Civil Defence Department Temporary Box TB 7
TitleCivil Defence Department Temporary Box 7
LevelSub Series
Date1939 - 1956
DescriptionTemporary Box 7:
1939 technical plan of the typical detail of an ARP basement shelter exit cover.
1939 technical plan of a section of pressed plate.
Undated technical plan of proposed reinforced concrete bunkers.
1939 technical plan of a ’50 person shelter’.
1941 technical plans for strengthening communal shelters.
Undated notes on different types of materials usable in air-raid shelter construction.
Two quotes from Trussed Concrete Steel Co. (London) for material costs to construct a ‘100 person shelter’.
Domestic surface shelter order book, tenders and quotations, 1947 – 1956.
Domestic surface shelter order book, tenders and quotations, 1955 – 1956.
Notes on the ‘Technical Guidance on the provision of Air-Raid Shelters’, produced by the Ministry of Works, November 1950.
Report by the Estates Committee, presented to the ARP Committee, on domestic shelters for corporation flats and maisonettes, October 1940.
Building contractors file for Goodway & Courtney, on their repair and additions work on corporation flats and maisonettes in Glebe St, Hunters Vale and Glover St, 1940 – 1941.
Miscellaneous building contractors file, which includes substantial sections on F. Deeley and Sanders Builders, for repair and additions work on corporation flats and maisonettes. Includes plans and financial statements, 1939 - 1940
Building contractors file for J Emlyn Williams Builders on their repair and additions work on corporation flats and maisonettes, 1940 - 1941
Examination of air-raid shelters, circa 1953.
Extent1
FormatBox
Access StatusOpen
CreatorNameBirmingham City Council Civil Defence Department
LanguageEnglish
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