Memorandum and information books, containing reports and statistics, c 1840 - 1968; Day book, 1896 - 1900; Letter books, 1844 - 1948 (incomplete); Streets and sewers files, 1922 - 1964; Minutes of the Statute Labour (later Streets, Sewers and Buildings) Committee, 1925 - 1939. Dean of Guild Court Section: Records relating to the building control function, including lists of cases in the Dean of Guild Court, 1863 - 1972, records of court proceedings, 1861 - 1975, registers of linings, 1862 - 1969, statistical abstract of dwelling houses for which application was made to the court, 1862 - 1898, reports on inspections of buildings erected or in a dangerous condition, 1872 - 1938, reports on plans, 1902 - 1912, records of cases discharged by the Master of Works, 1910 - 1927, schedules of works executed by authority of the Dean of Guild Court, 1901 - 1902, lining plans, 1879, list of warehouses, 1900, reports on Govan buildings, 1897 - 1908, and building plans for areas transferred to Glasgow from Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire, 1900 - 1939, 1861 - 1975.Records relating to public streets and footpaths, including registers of public streets, 1847 - 1855, 1908 - 1974, ‘street ledgers’, recording street works and costs, 1856 - 1925, specifications and conditions of contract, 1925 - 1960, traffic census data, 1911 - 1920, and papers relating to roads and bridges in Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, 1877 - 1884, Sauchiehall St improvements, 1889 - 1901, and unemployment relief works (Edinburgh Rd and Great Western Rd), 1925, 1847 - 1974.Sewerage records, including reports on the sewerage and main drainage of Glasgow, 1868, 1911 and 1932, specifications for a sludge boat, 1909, contract records, 1923 - 1955, measurement books and related records, 1904 - 1961, 1868 - 1961.Maps and plans of administrative areas, bridges, railways and public works including sewerage, housing and hospitals, c 1865 - 1956 and undated; Photographs of staff, c 1875 - 1920, refuse tips, ashpits and air pollution, 1912, and various works including roads and bridges, slum properties prior to demolition, housing schemes, etc., 1925 - 1970 and undated, c 1875 - 1970.Miscellanea including a reports on the Harbour Tunnel, 1895, and the tidal weir on the Clyde, 1948; Law papers on cases relating to the functions of the department (mainly streets and sewers), c 1890-1930; General administrative papers, 1899 - 1917 and undated.
Master of Works D/OPW/1-17
Dean of Guild Section D/OPW/18-49
Sewage Section D/OPW/50-72
General Papers D/OPW/73-75
Additional Items deposited by SRC D/OPW/76
Roads Department in April 1991
Additional Items deposited by SRC D/OPW/77
Roads Department in April 1989