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Creator:

New York State Canal Corporation

 

 

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This series consists of files documenting discussions of land permit and land abandonment issues throughout the Barge Canal System. Records consist chiefly of correspondence between the main canal office and Department of Transportation Regional Offices (later Canal Corporation Divisional Offices). .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

 

 

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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

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

 

 

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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

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

 

 

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This series consists of inactive revocable permits for the temporary use of canal lands and waters filed with the Waterways Maintenance Division and its predecessor agencies. Permits became inactive as authorized uses were outmoded or new permits were issued. Files usually include permit applications; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

 

 

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This series consists of permits and related materials for conveyances of real property within canal lands to individuals. This material apparently superseded functions covered by revocable permits issued by the Division of Waterways Maintenance (Series B1789). Permits in this series are generally for .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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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

 

 

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This series documents the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Works relating to the appropriation of land for canal use. It includes appropriation maps; descriptions of appropriated lands; certificates of filing; and notices and affidavits served on property owners. Maps provide a detailed .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

 

 

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The Laws of 1903, Chapter 147 authorized the State Engineer to appropriate lands, structures, and waters for the use of the improved canals (Barge Canal). This series consists of the original linen and paper maps created and maintained by the State Engineer and Surveyor and its succeeding agencies. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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The land appropriation files contain comprehensive legal documentation of the process by which the state acquired lands for the Barge Canal system (pursuant to Laws of 1909, Chapter 391, as amended), and of the state's title to those lands. The files document not only the transfer of legal title to .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives