| Description | Papers relating to attempts by Mexborough & Swinton Tramways (later Mexborough & Swinton Traction Co.) to establish a tramway system within Rawmarsh Urban District, and also correspondence regarding the regulation of the company's fares (23 Dec 1955-25 Nov 1968). Includes copies of Mexborough & Swinton Tramways Acts of 1902, 1905, & 1929 respectively, Petition of Rawmarsh Urban District Council against the 1902 Act, and Report by Pritchard, Green & Co. on the possibility of Rotherham Corporation constructing and operating a tramway system for the Urban District. (29 Oct 1900). Also includes copy extracts of the Electric Power (Yorkshire) Act 1901. |