Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Abstract:
This series consists of a card index to unidentified contract files. The index seems to refer to expenses, correspondence, maps, and field books primarily of the Middle Division. This is not a working index and is retained for internal use only..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series consists of a card file index divided into two complete alphabetical sections (A-Z) that are apparently part of an unidentified main index or cross reference file from the Barge Canal period. The file appears to refer to subject files kept by the Department of Public Works. Subjects include .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Abstract:
The series consists of card files apparently indexing material (primarily correspondence and field books) relating to construction of the Barge Canal (contract numbers 42, 43, 50, 51, and 55, the majority of which seem to pertain to Oneida County). Headings pertain to canal surveys, structures, reports, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Abstract:
This series consists of a card file that apparently indexes documents relating to building and/or maintenance of the Oswego Canal, which ran from Syracuse to Oswego, New York. Most cards are undated and are pre-printed with the title "Barge Canal Field Books," They give canal name, contract number, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
A4424
Dates:
1909-1936
Abstract:
This series consists of a card file, apparently incomplete, that indexes Barge Canal contract work and related documents. Almost all cards have a contract number at the top, along with an unidentified number at the left corner, which may be a field book or other type of document number..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
B1846
Dates:
1827-1880
Abstract:
This series indexes bundled expenditure records in Series A0013, Abstracts, Check Rolls, and Vouchers for Canal Expenditures. The index is arranged by canal, then by year, and then by name of superintendent of repairs..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Title:
Series:
A4422
Dates:
circa 1905-1915
Abstract:
The series references storage locations of documents relating to the Barge Canal era. Included are maps and plans associated with the Oswego Canal (or River) and the areas of Fulton, Phoenix, and Minetto, New York. References to canal structures and documents as well as a few place names and proper .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Abstract:
This series consists of index cards created by the Division of Canals and Waterways and its predecessor agencies to itemize and index individual machinery patterns for canal operation. Arranged by location and structure type, patterns typically encompass a broad range of objects, from complete bridges .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Abstract:
This series consists of cards documenting inventories of equipment used in all operational aspects of the New York State Barge Canal System. Cards include specific details on item types, makes, models, where equipment was used on the canals, equipment life cycles, and dates of equipment operation..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a card index to Series A1057, Statements of tolls on canal passenger boats. Arranged chronologically by year and then alphabetically by name of boat; the index lists name of boat, city of origin, and date of toll. No passenger names are given..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series consists of a card index to Series B0730, Engineers' Field Books Pertaining to the Construction of the State's Canal System; Series B0377, Final Estimates and Accounts; and Series B0729, Roll Maps and Plans of the Middle Division of the Erie Canal..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
These index cards, arranged alphabetically by subject, list locations of various Barge Canal construction records, including maps; terminal field books; final contract estimates; and Barge Canal field computation, construction, and cross section books..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
These 3 x 5 cards arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent or subject serve as an index to series B0236, Walters Act Administrative Files. The Walters Act was intended to alleviate the heavy financial losses faced by canal contractors due to the economic uncertainty created by America's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
A4431
Dates:
circa 1907-1942
Abstract:
This series consists of materials produced from work done on the state's canal system including the Cayuga and Seneca Canal, the Auburn Extension, and the Erie, Oswego, and Champlain Canals. Records include information for contracts relating to maintenance of terminals; blueprints of land to be appropriated .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Abstract:
This series consists of index cards produced by the Division of Waterways Maintenance to facilitate access to revocable permits for the use of canal lands and waters (Series B1789). Information includes name and address of permitted; permit date; Department of Transportation region; permit number; permit .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Title:
Series:
B1788
Dates:
[circa 1900-1992]
Abstract:
This series consists of index cards created by the Real Estate Division of the Department of Transportation to facilitate access to permits for the use and occupancy of New York State canal lands (Series B1790). Permits were typically granted to private citizens to build camps or boat docks on canal .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Title:
Series:
A4290
Dates:
circa 1830-1925
Abstract:
This volume indexes three series of records documenting work on the western division of the State's canal system: B0380, Western Division Maps and Plans; B1211, Roll Maps Relating to the Western Division of the Erie and Barge Canals; and B0730, Engineers' Field Books Pertaining to the Construction of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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