Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0653
Dates:
approximately 1843
Abstract:
This volume contains profile drawings and diagrams of locks 98 and 99 of the Genesee Valley Canal, as well as diagrams and sketches of projects related to locks 98 and 99, including an eleven-foot lift. Only a few pages of this volume are filled out and much of it is left blank..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Abstract:
These survey maps show the proposed route for the Erie Canal was made by James Geddes in 1817. The area mapped extends from "Tonewanta Creek" east to the outlet of Mud Creek in the "Great Cayuga Marsh" (Montezuma). The maps show proposed line of the canal; roads; houses; mills; settlements; streams, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
These are maps and plans of canal structures and works originally attached to contracts, petitions, and awards by Canal Appraisers..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Executive Department
Title:
Series:
B0393
Dates:
[circa 1915-1920]
Abstract:
The final estimates in this series constitute the official record that specified exactly and in detailed fashion just what was built upon completion of Barge Canal contracts. Contracted work documented in the series includes the construction of such structures as canal locks, bridges, and channels..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This volume contains survey maps of a proposed railroad from Fort Plain on the Erie Canal to Otsego Lake and of the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers, "for a Slack Water Navigation." Maps show streams; lakes; towns; roads; bridges; mills; and town and county lines..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). State Highway Commission
Title:
Series:
A4031
Dates:
1900-1921
Abstract:
This series contains topographical highway planning maps used for the preliminary location and planning of railroad lines and highway improvement; geological highway planning maps of the area north and west of Poughkeepsie used by the Highway Commission to test and analyze road surface materials; and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence directed to or generated by the State Engineer and Surveyor's office. The records mainly relate to the construction, maintenance, operation, and administration of the New York State Canal System, particularly the construction of the Barge Canal .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Committee on Canals of New York State
Abstract:
The Committee on Canals of New York State was a special body established by order of Governor Theodore Roosevelt in order to plan for the modernization of the state's canal system, culminating in the construction of the Barge Canal. Most of the correspondence found in this series was sent to and/or .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Title:
Series:
A0853
Dates:
1866
Abstract:
These maps and plans show proposed improvements along the Hudson and Champlain Canal. They depict bridges; culverts; waste weirs; locks; dams; waterway profiles; property owners; lot sites; and streets of towns and cities bordering the canal..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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