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Creator:

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

 

 

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The computation books in this series provide two different types of information: survey documentation used to produce maps; and/or plans and construction material documentation used to produce estimates for costs. The series documents preparations for canal improvements and construction in three locations: .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

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

 

 

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This series documents the Division of Waterways Maintenance regional waterways engineer's operation and maintenance of the Erie Barge Canal between Oneida Lake and the eastern portions of Montgomery County..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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These series consists of survey data from a 1901 report on the Barge Canal from the Hudson River to the Great Lakes by Edward Bond, the State Engineer and Surveyor, and a color map of the proposed alternatives of Cohoes and vicinity to accompany the report. The map was compiled from the surveys of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

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

 

 

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This series contains subject files pertaining to canal administration, including correspondence, studies, reports, drawings, and photographs..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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This volume contains expenditures paid from the general fund, generally for canal improvements and repairs. Included are the purpose of the expenditures, and typically the date, type of disbursement ("to cash") and amount. There is an alphabetical subject index at the front of the volume..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Office of the Division Engineer (Erie Canal : Western Division)

 

 

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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.........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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This is a map of survey lines for a 6.7 mile extension of the Genesee Valley Canal from Olean to Mill Grove Pond. Authorized in 1857 and brought into use in August 1859, the map includes names of villages; property owners along the proposed extension route; significant buildings; locks; tollgates; survey .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

 

 

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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

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of data, reports, maps, and related records on watersheds and related improvements in the Western Division of the Barge Canal. Records include reports on investigations of flood damage; proposed improvements; data and computations on discharges, river slopes, elevations, water levels, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives