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1
Creator:
New York (State). Surveyor General
Title:
Series:
11835
Dates:
1835-1844
Abstract:
These notes taken by civil engineers and others employee are divided into three subseries. Subseries 1, field notes, provide information recorded during a survey such as tables, pencil sketches, and measurements of structures and supplies. Subseries two, monthly estimates of costs and materials, includes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
The series consists of film (nitrate) negatives of canal sites and structures which represent the first general use of photography by the state's canal departments. The negatives were apparently prepared as part of a systematic documentation of structural problems with the canal, especially in the eastern .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
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
4
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0396
Dates:
1896-1897
Abstract:
This series consists of detailed sectional maps dating from the 1895 improvement of the Erie Canal. Maps show property and buildings fronting the canal and land tracts on either side of the canal. Information includes property lines and owners; previous canal alignments; locations of ditches, washes, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0651
Dates:
1877
Abstract:
This series consists of hand-drawn cross sectional diagrams produced to determine conditions and needed improvements to the Erie Canal. The diagrams show conditions of the canal bed and riparian decay in portions of the western division of the canal, beginning at Lock 52 at the Wayne County line and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series consists of roll survey maps for the enlargement of the Middle Division of the Erie Canal. Maps show red lines; blue lines; sectional divisions; old and new channels; profiles; existing structures; names of property owners; and adjacent roads, streets, and buildings. The series also includes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
This series of maps (commonly referred to as "Schillner Maps") depict land along the Erie, Champlain, and Oswego canals acquired by the state. Each map provides detailed information on state owned property, and shows the locations of the 1825 canal alignment and related structures such as locks, slips, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B1210
Dates:
1895-1900
Abstract:
These survey maps for proposed canal improvements of Erie, Champlain, and Oswego canals are particularly valuable for their representation of state-owned land. Maps show measurements of canal length; town, city, and county lines; name of some land owners, or parcel numbers, of property adjacent to the .........
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
10
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
Arranged by canal, these maps depict lands adjacent to the Erie and Champlain canals during the time of their enlargement and improvement as the Barge Canal. Included are lines for State-owned land; the towpath; a new channel line; potential flood lines; land elevations and water depths; and boundaries .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Abstract:
These records document the Canal Board's responsibilities for hearing damage claims and appeals, directing special repairs, administering disputed contracts, and other canal-related administrative matters. The series also contains appeals from decisions of the Board of Appraisers, Canal Appraisers, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This volume contains accounts for work and materials furnished on contract and for repairs. Information includes: location of contract (lock or section), name of contractor, and type of work or material furnished with quantity and value. At the end of the volume are regulations, resolutions and copies .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Division Engineer (Erie Canal : Western Division)
Title:
Series:
A1469
Dates:
1860-1880
Abstract:
These historical abstracts concern lands in the Erie Canal's western division. The series consists of transcripts or abstracts of deeds, printed legislative documents, petitions to the Canal Board, a resolution of the Canal Board, statutes, and blueprint copies of maps of lands of the western distri.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0668
Dates:
1850-1851
Abstract:
This volume is a report of J. B. Stittson, Division Engineer of the Western Division of the Canal system. The report consists of: a tabular statement of engineering expenses on each subdivision of the Western Division for the year 1850; statements showing length and estimated costs of work done and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Abstract:
Consisting of state contracts for canal improvements prior to the construction of the Barge Canal, included are agreements and specifications, financial statements of bonding companies, general contracts, maps, tracings, drawings, correspondence, and bid proposals. Most of the contracts deal with: lengthening .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0395
Dates:
1895-1898
Abstract:
Consisting mostly of maps, drawings, specifications, and related material, these plans show proposed work for which contracts were let during the "Nine Million Dollar Improvement" of the Erie and Oswego canals. In addition to particulars of a job site (elevations, structures, proposed improvements), .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Title:
Series:
A1125
Dates:
circa 1817-1828
Abstract:
This series consists of accounts submitted by the Canal Commissioners for audit by the Comptroller's office. It includes original contracts made by the Commissioners for the Construction of the Erie and Champlain Canals with their locks, feeders, aqueducts, etc., accompanied by contractors' receipts .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0665
Dates:
1849
Abstract:
This series consists of maps showing the appropriation of lands for the enlargement of the Erie Canal through the village of Palmyra and at or near the village of Lyons. These maps contain name of property owner and acreage of land appropriated..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A0867
Dates:
1917-1948
Abstract:
The whiteprint copies of original "blue line" maps are arranged geographically by portfolio then numerically by map number. The maps show boundaries of state-owned lands along the Erie, Champlain, Black River, Cayuga, and Seneca Canals and depict old and new canal lines; structures, streets and adjacent .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
New York (State). Department of State
Title:
Series:
B0252
Dates:
1917-1948
Abstract:
This series, known as the "blue line maps," depicts lands acquired for canal purposes up to and including the construction of the Barge Canal. The maps show inner angles of the towpaths on the old canal; state owned property prior to Barge Canal construction; property appropriated for Barge Canal projects; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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