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South Western Electricity Historical Society

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SWEB Index 1948 Up To The Year 2000

updated : 11-7-08
Location : Cabinet A8 except *#* in Cabinet A7

Head Office (HO)
  1. .
    1. South Western Electricity Undertakings at Nationalisation
    2. Undertakings at 1948
  2. Statutory Maps of Undertakings at 1948
    1. Vol 1
    2. Vol 2
    3. Vol 3
    4. Vol 4
  3. Early SWEB Correspondence 1948 – 1951 (Lord Citrine etc)
  4. Appointment of Board Members (3 Vols.)
    1. Dec 1947–Dec 1972
    2. Mar 1977–March 1981
    3. Role of Elect. Board Members
  5. Board Minutes from April 1956
  6. Electricity House Opening 1948
  7. Board Attendance Books 1948 - 1990
    1. SWEB Histories (1 file)
      1. SWEB The First Five Years
      2. SWEB Comes of Age (21 Years
      3. "25 Years of South Western Electricity" by Stanley Steward (8copies) 1973
      4. “Working with SWEB” – history and organisation 1968
    2. SWEB History
      1. SWEB Chronology
      2. SWEB Board Papers (Monthly Reports) extracts
  9. SWEB Personalities and Events since 1948 – 1960's
  10. SWEB Magazines from 1948 to 1962 See separate index
  11. SWEB News/Life
    1. Historical Copies
    2. Selected Copies from 1961 to 1998
    3. *#* Bound SWEB News - 13 Volumes 1960 – 1990
    4. *#* Bound SWEB Life - 5 Volumes 1991 – 1998 plus unbound 1998/99
  12. Power Lines (WPD News) from
  13. Annual Report & Accounts 1950 to 1955
  14. Report & Accounts 1948 - 1972
  15. Annual Report & Accounts 72/73, 73/74, 75/76, 76/77, 77/78, 78/79, 80/81, 88/89, 89/90, 90/91, 91/92, 92/93, 93/94, 95
  16. Pupils Register - dates 1927 - 1953
  17. Paper to BEPC by A. N. Irens 1959 "Provision of Reliable Supply of Electricity etc"

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Head Office (HO) continued.
  1. Organisation Papers (1file)
    1. Committee of enquiry into ESI - SWEB's response March 1955 February 1975
    2. “Area Board Accountant’s Contribution to Management” by C.E. Knight 1954
    3. Report on the organisation of the South Western Electricity Board 1957
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    1. SWEB Statistical Handbook 1948 – 1961 (1 file
    2. "Welcome to SWEB" - Staff Handbook 1967
    3. "Welcome to Aztec West 1989
    4. SWE plc Directories 1990, 1991 etc
  3. SWEB Properties - Rateable Values 1973 – 1982
  4. SWEB Company News 1988 – 2001
  5. SWEB Corporate Image
  6. Electricity Acts & Regulations 1899 - 1961 (Indexed)
  7. CAO – Central Accounting Office
  8. Western Power Distribution
    1. Delivering Electricity to Communities across SW and S.Wales
    2. Quality of Supply Report 2000 - 2001
    3. Annual Report & Financial Statements – 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
    4. WPD – Directors & Direct Reports
    5. WPD – Newspaper Article
  9. WPD Control Diagram Symbols 1997
  10. EKVS Manual – System Management (Conversion maps to computer
  11. Tavistock Institute Report of SWEB Management c 2000
  12. Earthing, Supplies and Protection of Radio Sites

Locations - Districts, Sub-Areas Etc (Loc)
  1. Bristol, Bath & Weston
    1. Bath District Newspaper Cuttings March 1947 – September 1973 (10 Vols.)
    2. B, B & W File
      1. Feeder Road Control Centre and BSP 1965
      2. 132/33kV S/S Drawings
      3. Axbridge S/S "A Survey
  2. Devon (1 file)
    1. Exeter - Commissioning of 33,000volt Substation
    2. Plymouth – City Centre Reconstruction Works 1952
    3. Plymouth – Reinforcement of 6.6kV Network at Plympton
  3. Torbay District (1file)
    1. Newspaper Cuttings 1962 – 1969
    2. "The Torbay Story 1948 - 1958" by Mr. Allwood
    3. Torbay District Urban Area - Electricity Distribution System
    4. SWEB Torbay District - Topics
    5. Torbay District 1962 Supply to Widecombe
  4. Somerset File
    1. Crewkerne District Statistics 1953
    2. Bridgwater District Guide 1954
    3. Minehead Stats 1958
  5. Taunton Press Cuttings 1961 - 1963

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  1. Cornwall Sub-Area Box File
    1. Lighting System
    2. Cornwall Phasing
  2. Isles of Scilly two box files :-
    1. Inter Island Links at 11kV date?
    2. Mainland Link at 33kV date?

Engineering (Eng)
  1. Design of 11kV Distribution Substations (Pocket S/S) (2 copies)
  2. Distribution System Control in the South Western Area 1963
  3. Wayleaves & Consents September 1949
  4. Papers to IEE by Messrs Garwood and Irens
    1. Security Standards P2/4 and ad-hoc Report June 1977
    2. "Never in a Thousand Years" Report by A. Fletcher 1973(1file)
    3. System Design Manual 1953
  6. Substation Manual
  7. Rural Electrification(1file)
    1. SWEB Rural Electrification - Handbook on Development Contributions 1955
    2. Rural Electrification 1958
  8. SWEB Helicopter Team History etc
  9. SWEB's Turbo-Generators - Pocket Power Stations - Historical Information
  10. "CCD Its' Beginning, Its' Work, Its' Demise" by Graham Warburton
    1. CCD Annual Report 1968-1969
  11. Civil Defence(1file)
    1. Bath District War Book
    2. Devon and Exeter War Book
    3. Industrial Civil Defence 1965
  12. Services (1file)
    1. Metal-clad Cut-outs and Fuse-boxes
    2. Services Renewal Project 1977
  13. Meter Test Stations within SWEB
    1. "50 Years of Meter Test Stations at Newton Abbot" amalgamate with above ?
    2. Radio Teleswitches
    3. Metering by Mike Williams
  14. Blizzards & Storms (1file)
    1. Reports on Blizzards - December 1981
    2. Storm Force '90 Review
    3. Jan 1990 Storms
  15. 132kV System Diagrams 1990
  16. SWE plc 132/33kV Substations & Circuits in SWEB
  17. BSP Estimates 1981 - 1986

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Engineering (Eng) continued.
  1. SWEB Telecommunications (1file)
    1. User Guide to SWEB-Call
    2. Telecontrol in SWEB
  2. Consumer Service (1file)
    1. Quality of Supply 1994/95
    2. Report of Working Party on Out-of-Hours Consumer service July 1963
  3. Operational Division Trees
  4. Capital Investment Programmes 1982 – 1994
  5. Proposed 132kV Transmission lines to Seabanks Power Station
  6. Engineering Director's Monthly Reports 8/87 - 3/89
  7. Fault Management System 1992
  8. Long Term Plans Bristol North & Bristol South

Commercial (Com)
  1. Press Advertisements 1949 – 1952
  2. Tariffs
    1. 1950 - 1953
    2. Business Tariffs 1993
    3. Domestic Tariffs 1993
  3. Publicity 1952
  4. "Place of Electricity in the Heating of Buildings" 1958 Paper by A.N. Irens
  5. Load Development 1955
  6. Appliance Sales (1file)
    1. Hot Water Publicity 1959
    2. SWEB LINE Appliances 1956
    1. Public Lighting
      (Public Lighting No. 148 Vol. 35)
      1. And There Was Light (pamphlet)
      2. Supply & Maintenance Aspects March 1970
    2. Connect Magazine Spring 1991
    3. "Switch to SWEB" - 1990's
    4. Commercial Division Trees 1992
  8. Avonbank, Bristol Building (1file)
    A Planned Environment, Air Conditioning, General Services, Lighting, Catering
  9. Sales Handbook
  10. Commercial magazines to customers

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