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1; 375229 - How gas helps industry. An account of the use made of gas in Birmingham factories. A Thousand and One Uses for Gas. Volume 19. Number 203. Illus. 12pp. 1931. Gas. - 1931
1; 661650 - Institution of Gas Engineers, Midland Section : chairman's address, Coventry, April 25th 1958. - 1958
11; 112345 - Conseil municipal de Paris. Traduction du Rapport de la Commission du gaz de la ville de Birmingham. (Paris) 28pp. 1891. Gas. - 1891
11; 396613 - Newspaper cuttings relating to the sale of the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Company to the Corporation of Birmingham, and to the Corporation of Birmingham Gas Bill, 1874-75. c. 1873-87. Gas.
12; 84038 - Birmingham Corporation Gas Undertaking. Plans and description of the extensions at the Windsor Street Gasworks. 1886. *HUNT (CHARLES). - 1886
12; 87917 - Birmingham (Corporation) Gas Bill. Minutes of evidence, speeches, etc. before a Select Committee of the House of Commons. 1875. Parliamentary Reports and Papers. - 1875
12; 104906 - Birmingham Gas Arbitration. Between the Corporation of Birmingham and the West Bromwich Improvement Commissioners, the Tipton Local Board, the Smethwick Local Board and the Oldbury Local Board. Proceedings, 1877-80. 3 volumes.. Gas.
12; 110139 - Robinson and others and the Corporation of Birmingham. In the matter of an Arbitration. Proceedings. Relating to the sale of tar. 1885. Gas. - 1885
12; 217972 - Birmingham Gas Arbitration. In the matter of the Birmingham (Corporation) Gas Act, 1875 and the West Bromwich Improvement (Gas) Act 1876. Award of the Umpire (Sir H.A. Hunt) in the Arbitration. 4pp. 1878. Gas. - 1878
12; 217973 - Birmingham Gas Arbitration. Opinion of the Legal Assessor, A. Wills. 12pp. 1878. Gas. - 1878
12; 217974 - Birmingham Gas Arbitration. In the High Court of Justice. In the matter of the Birmingham (Corporation) Gas Act 1875 etc. Affidavit of Alfred Penny. 2pp. 1879. Gas. - 1879
12; 217975 - Birmingham Gas Arbitration. Evidence of J. Chamberlain in Committee of the House of Lords on the Birmingham (Corporation) Gas Bill, June 23, 24, 1875. 37 pp. 1878. Parliamentary Reports and Papers. - 1878
12; 217976 - Birmingham (Corporation) Gas. Bill for effecting the sale and transfer to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Birmingham, of the undertakings of the Birmingham Gas Light and Coke Company and of the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Company etc. (38 & 39 Vict.) 1875. Bills (Parliamentary). - 1875
12; 217977 - Act for effecting the sale and transfer to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Birmingham, of the undertakings of the Birmingham Gaslight and Coke Company and of the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gaslight Company etc. (38 & 39 Vict., c.178) 1875. Gas. - 1875
12; 227126 - Birmingham (Corporation) Gas Bill, Minutes of Evidence etc. 1875. - 1875
12; 404936 - City of Birmingham Gas Department. The Manufacture of town’s gas explained in simple language. Revised edition. Illus. Dgms. 24pp. 1933. Gas. - 1933
12; 443232 - City of Birmingham Gas Department. History and descriptions of the various works. Revised and corrected to 1933. 1928-33. Gas.
12; 466242 - City of Birmingham Gas Department. New offices, stores and workshops, Lord Street. Brochure. Illus. 16pp. 1937. Gas. - 1937
12; 509724 - The manufacture of town's gas explained in simple lanugage. - 1936
12; 509746 - City of Birmingham Gas Department. Industrial Research Laboratories incorporating Industrial Heating section. Illustrated booklet. 26pp. 1938. Gas. - 1938
12; 662752 - The manufacture of town's gas explained in simple language. - 1930
13; 668838 - Boost : [the newspaper of West Midlands Gas] ... - 1972
21; 157785 - A few notes on the public supply of electricity in Birmingham to 1899. Illus. 13pp. 1899. VAUDREY (JOHN C.). - 1899
21; 313337 - Urban District of Handsworth, in the county of Stafford. Opening of the Electric Light and Power Station, October 1905. Programme of proceedings and descriptive account of the Electric Supply undertaking with sketches and plans of the Generating Station. Illus. 10pp. 1905. - 1905
22; 384802 - Hams Hall power station. Souvenir of the opening ceremony by the Duke and Duchess of York. November 1929. Ports. Illus. 71pp. 1929. George VI., King of England. - 1929
22; 416844 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Hams Hall Electric Power Station. 1929 --.
22; 662100 - The Birmingham Electric Supply Company Limited and the Birmingham Corporation : report. - 1898
23; 662974 - Midlands Electricity Board news : the newspaper of the Midlands Electricity Board.
23; 663037 - Midlands power : the newspaper of the Midlands Region of the Central Electricity Generating Board ...
106; 259500 - Gas Municipal and General Workers (Amalgamated Society of) Monthly Journal. Volumes 1 - 4. July 1915 - December 1920. 4 volumes. NOTE :- 1. Preceded by The Municpal Employees’ Monthly 2. From January 1921 incorporated with The National Union of General Workers Journal.
106; 662482 - An examination of essentials in the search for a lower cost of gas production : presented to the Midland Junior Gas Association, Nov. 1962. - 1962
206; 276361 - Notices of meetings, 1918. With annual reports and statements of accounts 1913--. Electric Club (Birmingham and District).
206; 388829 - Annual reports, circulars, tickets etc. 1927 --. Electrical Association for Women, Birmingham and Midlands Branch.
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