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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0656
Dates:
1843-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of a ledger documenting money awarded to claimants for land appropriated by New York State for use in the construction of Genesee Valley Canal. Each record states the name of the claimant, the date that the award was made, a description of the property, a list of reasons for granting .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
This volume is an alphabetical index to propositions for canal work on the Western Division, which were received at the letting at Albany, November 18, 1851. Each entry provides the number of the proposal, name of the bidder, and type of work (e.g. sections, locks, aqueducts, culverts, bridge abutme.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
23
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0676
Dates:
circa 1869-1878
Abstract:
This series is an engineer's book containing mathematical formulas, geometric drawings, design specifications, and costing methods for canals and related engineering work..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
24
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0681
Dates:
[circa 1880-1941]
Abstract:
This series consists of bound manuscript and typescript copies of reports compiled by or submitted to the Erie Canal Western Division Engineer's Office in Rochester, New York. Most reports detail the history of canal projects undertaken in or near the city of Buffalo, such as the Tonawanda and Oak Orchard .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
25
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor. Western Division Engineer's Office
Abstract:
This series is comprised of 10 volumes of accounts of the Western Division Engineers Department dating from 1870-1905. These volumes list accounts, payments, mileage, and other expenses for the various contractors and engineers working for the department..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
26
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
This series consists of a register of checks issued from the Barge Canal fund for the construction and maintenance of the Barge Canal..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
27
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0734
Dates:
1854-1859
Abstract:
This series consists of examples of contract specimens or specifications relating to the 1854 enlargement of the State's canal system..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
28
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0736
Dates:
1905-1908
Abstract:
This series consists of account books for the Western Division of the Barge Canal listing expenditures and payments to companies and employees..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
29
Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Title:
Series:
B0906
Dates:
1879-1880
Abstract:
In a case that played out over the course of a decade, the State of New York brought legal action against canal contractors Henry D. Denison, James J. Belden, A. Caldwell Belden, and Thomas Gale in an effort to recover money allegedly obtained through fraudulent means. This series consists of an incomplete .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
30
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
These photographs appear to have been submitted to the State Engineer and Surveyor by the Board of Consulting Engineers, a board of five civil engineers appointed to follow the progress of work on the canal system and to report on it to the State Engineer and Surveyor. Photographs show: canals; locks; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
31
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Abstract:
These financial records, arranged by type, relate to improvements to the Erie Canal and feeder canals. The records include annual financial and real estate holdings; statements; receipts; bills of sale and mortgage sales of canal boats; property mortgages; claims for compensation for land appropriated .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
32
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
33
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This volume, arranged by canal, then chronologically, contains accounts of superintendents of New York State's canals. Information includes: date monies paid out or received; nature of the transaction; amounts and figures on services and disbursements. Some correspondence clarifying particular entries, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
34
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Canal Department
Abstract:
This series from the Office of the State Comptroller contains certified copies of registers of canal boats kept by the auditor. Information includes names of the boats; where they are from; boat tonnage; owner's names and the date; and a certificate of registry filed with collectors when the name of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
35
Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Title:
Series:
A1012
Dates:
1838
Abstract:
This schedule provides date of payment by Commissioners of the Canal Fund; surrender date of stock; name of holder; interest rate and issuing year; and amount of certificate..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
36
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Board
Abstract:
This account book lists expenditures for construction of the Champlain Canal from Hudson River to Whitehall in New York State. The book presumably came into the possession of the Comptroller in his capacity as a member of the Canal Board. Each entry gives: contractor's name; brief description of work .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
37
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Board
Abstract:
This series of sample forms includes circular letters from the Canal Department to Superintendents of Canal Repairs and to Collectors of Canal Tolls and resolutions of the Canal Board regarding routine maintenance of the canal and other canal business..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
38
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This is a book of receipts for transfers of New York State six percent canal stock through the transfer office in New York City. Each entry includes transfer number; date; parties to conveyance and their residences; amount; and signatures of conveyor and a witness..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
39
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1091
Dates:
1833-1837
Abstract:
This series consists of 3 volumes of measurements, calculations, and estimates for construction of the Chenango Canal. For each survey station (approximately three chains apart), there are calculations of cubic footage of excavation, embankment (towpath, berme, etc.), and lining, with comments and totals. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
40
Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Abstract:
Inventories of moveable property were submitted annually to the Comptroller (later, the Canal Auditor) by the superintendents of repairs, toll collectors, and weigh masters. The superintendents' inventories list materials, tools, and machinery on hand and include value, condition, and whether bought .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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