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181

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of two copies of notices to contractors, explanations, blank contracts, specifications, and blank certificates exhibited at the lettings at Rochester and Clyde, New York, on October 19 and November 15 and 19, 1850, for work on the Erie Canal enlargement. The series also includes .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

182

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series contains specifications, notices, contracts, and propositions received at the letting for the Oak Orchard Creek Aqueduct (October 17, 1850), Albion and Medina sections, as well as specifications and propositions dealing with the construction of Sections 6 through 10 on the Mountain Ridge.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

183

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This volume is a register of contracts, field and office books, and other matters related to the Erie Canal enlargement in Monroe County. It also contains abstracts of expenditures presented by engineers of the Western Division for work on the Erie and Genesee Valley Canals..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

184

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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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

 

185

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of volumes of calculations and estimates related to construction and repair work performed on New York State's canal system..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

186

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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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

 

 

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This series consists of four volumes of stenographer's minutes documenting the case of Jackson and Perkins v. the State of New York, which was tried before the Court of Claims in Rochester and Syracuse during the months of October and November 1917. The case evolved from property damage claims that .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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This series consists of 64 charts and maps of the Erie Canal from Waterford to Buffalo, and of the Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca canals. They were seemingly prepared by the Department of Public Works to aid ships or boats in navigating canal waterways. Navigation charts are mixed with survey .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

189

Creator:

New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

 

 

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Abstract:  

none

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

190

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of proceedings, financial statements, and correspondence of the Board of Commissioners appointed for the improvement of the Hudson River..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

191

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Engineering

 

 

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This series consists of a lone surviving volume used by the State Engineer and Surveyor and later the Chief Engineer within the Department of Public Works to record sales of state lands. Volume includes details concerning the date, time, and location of public auctions held by the State Engineer and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

192

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of a volume of monthly summaries of payment for the improvement of sections of the Champlain, Erie, and Oswego Canals. The forms in this volume detail expenditures by various offices and the pupose of each payment..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

193

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of indexes to maps and plans created by the New York State Engineer and Surveyor. The indexes contain the book number; title of the map or plan; and date..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

194

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of ledgers documenting expenses incurred by the State Engineer and Surveyor's office for the repair and construction of canals, as well as expenses related to road improvements; surveys; production of blueprints; and the repair of locks and bridges. The information is presented .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

195

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains financial information relating to construction and repairs of the Barge Canal. Each volume includes individual ledger, cash book, and journal sections..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

196

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

none

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

197

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of alphabetically arranged index of employees working on the Eastern Division of the Erie Canal. The index contains the names of employees as well as page numbers..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

198

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

Chapter 329 of the Laws of 1854 appropriated $2,250,000 in state funds to provide for the enlargement of the Erie, Oswego, Cayuga, and Seneca Canals; the completion of the Black River and Genesee Valley Canals; and the enlargement of the locks of the Champlain Canal. This series consists of one volume .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

199

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of an index to and summary information about mechanical structures on various canals throughout New York State..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

200

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This single volume series is an alphabetical index to releases, or agreements in which private individuals or businesses relinquished the right to file claims against the State of New York for property damage associated with surveying or constructing the Barge Canal. Each entry in the volume lists release .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives