Records of the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board (1943-90), Edinburgh, Scotland

Description Records of the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board (1943-90), Edinburgh, Scotland

Collection Records of the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board (1943-90), Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number 551 240

Category All Other

Scope and Content A large collection of progress images of the construction of hydro-electric schemes in Scotland comprising negatives, photo albums and files dating from the late 1940s onwards including: Alt-na-Lairige; Awe; Breadalbane; Carolina Port; Cowal; Fannich; Foyers; Gairloch; Gaur; Glashan; Lochalsh; Nant-Mullardoch; Moriston; Morar; Shira; Sloy; Strathfarrar and Tummel-Garry, Perth and Kinross.

Archive History Presented by Scottish and Southern Energy, PLC (Acc No 2001/186).

System of Arrangement The collection has not yet been fully catalogued.

Related Material Collection 551 375, Collection of photographs from D Wilson Laing Studios, Photographers, Blairgowrie, Scotland, contains photographs taken for the North of Scotland Hydroelectric Board by David Wilson Laing Studios.

Administrative History The North of Scotland Hydro-electric Board was established in 1943 by the Hydro-electric Development (Scotland) Act, to undertake the development of water power in the Highlands and Islands for public electricity supply. These duties encompassed the design, construction and management of hydroelectric projects across Scotland. The board's duties and area of operation were further expanded in 1947 by the Electricity Act, which nationalised the electricity supply industry throughout Great Britain. At this time the board took over the assets of the Grampian Electricity Supply Company and other private bodies producing electricity in Northern Scotland. The board was dissolved in March 1990 and privatised in June 1991.

Accruals No accruals are expected.

Accession Number 2001/186

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