BW184
Personal Papers of Herbert Potts
Description
Personal Papers of Herbert Potts: diaries 1930-1958, personal documents 1920-1977, work-related documents 1913-1953, legal and government-related documents 1839-1842, engineering and planning documents [20th century].
Date
1839-1977
Reference code
BW184
Administrative / Biographical history
Herbert Potts was born in 1892 and had a long career working on the canals. He started as an apprentice and ended his career as a works inspector working for the London & North East Railway (LNER), followed by the railway executive. This is his personal collection of items that he kept during his time working on the canals.
Associated material
Series level in the main photograph collection - Herbert Potts photograph collection: BW192/3/1/31