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1
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
2
Creator:
Chenango (Town : N.Y.)
Abstract:
This series consists of color slides of survey maps of the Chenango Canal. Series A0848, Canal System Survey Maps, includes the original maps for the Chenango Canal from which these slides were made..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Title:
Series:
B1881
Dates:
1833-1855
Abstract:
This series consists of an account of monies paid for construction, repair, and enlargement of the Black River, Chenango, and Genesee canals. Each account contains name of contractor; contract number; general location of work; general description of work; date and payment amount..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Office of Canal Appraisers
Title:
Series:
B2027
Dates:
1835-1848
Abstract:
This series consists of an index to damages awarded by the Canal Appraisers for the enlargement of the Erie Canal and for the construction of other canals, particularly the Chemung and Chenango Canals. Data includes claimant name; county where claimant's property was located; filing number; date; volume .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Abstract:
These records document the operation of canals, including: rough tallies of cargo loaded on canal boat "Sovereign" at various ports; auditor's warrants for payments from Canal Fund through the Manhattan Company; and section contracts for enlargement of the Cayuga and Seneca canal, 1859; inventory of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Abstract:
These survey maps of the canal system in New York State fulfilled a law requiring a complete map and field notes of every canal in the state. The maps show: survey stations for measuring length of the canal; courses and distances (linked by red lines); canal right-of-way (blue line); locks; aqueducts; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
This series contains final estimates, accounts, and measurements for a variety of canal and canal related structures including locks, roads, shores, bridges, sluices, excavations, culverts, linings, puddlings, dams, and embankments. Volumes contain detailed, multi-colored drawings and sketches, monochrome .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Abstract:
The maps in this series appear to have been created by the Office of Surveyor General in compliance with legislation of 1827 requiring a complete map and field notes. Most of the maps depict specific sections of the Erie Canal and show locks; bridges; railroad bridges across canals; locations of canal .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of field notes from surveys made for the Canal Commissioners (Revised Statutes 1827), which directed that the Commissioners have maps and field notes made for all canals constructed by the state. Field notes in this series were submitted by the Canal Commissioners to the Canal Board .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This volume is a ledger accounts of Commissioners of the Canal Fund for Erie and Champlain Canal Fund and stock, and for stock of the Cayuga and Seneca, Crooked Lake, Chenango, Oswego, and Black River canals. There are also accounts with the Canal Commissioners, Superintendents of Repairs, and banks .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1087
Dates:
1825-1837
Abstract:
Included are accounts for the following canals: Oswego, Genesee Valley, Black River, Chenango, Cayuga and Seneca, Chemung and Crooked Lake, as well as the Oneida River Improvement. Each entry provides name of payee; after date; location or type of work performed; and amount due..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0246
Dates:
1888-1922
Abstract:
This series consists of records filed with the Office of State Engineer and Surveyor's Office including property assessments; contractors' bids; inventories of records lent to state commissions; a bridge company annual report; a list of companies navigating state lakes and rivers; one bill; bridge company .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series indexes maps once maintained by the Region 2 Waterways Maintenance Office of the Department of Public Works. Maps and plans indexed included the first Erie Canal enlargement, the 1895 Improvement and the Erie Barge Canal, the Black River Canal, the Chenango Canal, the Northern and Southern .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series indexes field books held in the Canal Corporation Region 2 Office in Syracuse, New York. Field books referenced in the index document the construction and maintenance of the Chenango Canal, Black River Canal, the Northern and Southern Reservoirs and Oneida Lake portions of the Barge Cana.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Title:
Series:
A1380
Dates:
1835-1876
Abstract:
Canal commissioners were required to construct and maintain road and street bridges over the enlarged Erie Canal and to construct farm bridges to accommodate landowners. This series consists of releases, vouchers, receipts, title searches, parcel maps, and resolutions authorizing commutations to claimants .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0292
Dates:
1827-1905
Abstract:
These volumes address the enlargement of the Erie and Champlain canals; building of the Oswego, Cayuga and Seneca, Chenango, Black River, and Genesee Valley canals; and appropriation of lands for canal use. They contain drawings, maps, diagrams, tracings, and profiles of much of the State's canal system .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Title:
Series:
B0602
Dates:
1835-1953
Abstract:
This series consists of certified copies of awards by the Canal Appraisers (through 1883) and by the Board of Claims (1883-1897), and of judgments by the Court of Claims (1897-1953). These awards were made for damages to lands adjacent to state canals. Many such damages were sustained by private persons .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
10448
Dates:
1851-1941
Abstract:
This series contains maps, profiles, tracings, sketches, plans, drawings, blueprints, and a small quantity of related charts and correspondence relating to the State's canals, feeders, and/or various waterways. Included are profiles of canals and rivers; cross sections of actual and proposed canal and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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