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101
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Title:
Series:
B1761
Dates:
[circa 1910]-1951
Abstract:
This series consists of approximately 1900 original linen maps produced by the State Engineer and Surveyor. The maps are popularly known as "Blue Line," "Laws of 1910 Maps," and "Abandonment Maps." The maps depict all state owned lands and property prior to improvements completed for the Barge Canal .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
102
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Abstract:
This series contains an inventory of the approximately 1,900 "blue line" maps produced by the State Engineer and Surveyor pursuant to Chapter 199, Laws of 1910 and Chapter 51, Laws of 1917. The maps inventoried depict all state owned lands and property prior to improvements effected for the Barge Canal .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
103
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0388
Dates:
1919-1920
Abstract:
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
104
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0389
Dates:
1910-1920
Abstract:
This series consists of hydrographs of the Canaseraga and Keshequa Creeks and of the Genesee River showing gage heights and discharge at various points and stations along those waterways and showing water surface elevation in connection with the Canaseraga Creek improvement. Hydrographic work was undertaken .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
105
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0390
Dates:
1913-1914
Abstract:
This series consists of maps, profiles, plans, survey documents, diagrams, estimates, the final report on the proposed improvement of the Chemung Canal. Also included are daily journals of Resident Engineer Louis A. Burns who was in charge of the project and prepared the final report. Also included .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
106
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0675
Dates:
1863
Abstract:
This is a series of location maps and illustrated estimates of raw materials and quantities of excavated material for proposed construction of gun boat locks on the western division of the Erie Canal. The maps show the location of proposed locks; the new and existing canal channels; towpath; existing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
A0854
Dates:
1857
Abstract:
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
108
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
109
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
110
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
111
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
112
Creator:
New York (State). Executive Department
Title:
Series:
B0379
Dates:
1830-1900
Abstract:
This series documents the planning and estimating work done to various structures along the state's canals. The records include maps and plans of locations and structures for work done on the Erie (Middle and Western divisions only), Genesee Valley, Chemung, and Oswego canals, and at least one sheet .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
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
114
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Public Works. Bureau of Research and Statistics
Abstract:
This series consists of state and county highway maps showing completed, improved, and proposed roads. Most are official published county highway maps, annotated to show state and county highway systems corrected to 1936. Also included are publications and correspondence on special highway projects .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
115
Creator:
New York (State). Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway
Title:
Series:
B0237
Dates:
1917-1918
Abstract:
This series consists of documents relating to the acquisition of land deemed necessary by the federal government for establishment of defensive works at Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York during World War I. Included are correspondence, minutes of meetings, exhibit materials, a few photographs, .........
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
Abstract:
The series consists of plans, correspondence, graphs, and maps relating to arterial highway planning in 38 cities throughout New York. It was the state's intention to integrate arterial highways in the state highway system and cost share with the federal government for the construction and maintenance .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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