Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series documents expenditures made by the superintendent for routine maintenance of the Barge Canal. It consists of abstracts of expenditures created by the Superintendent of Public Works for the State Comptroller's Office..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
B1381
Dates:
1917-1920
Abstract:
This series documents expenditures for special Barge Canal projects authorized by acts of the legislature. The front of each abstract provides printed heading and typed information concerning the law and chapter that authorized the project, voucher number, to whom paid, for what service or material .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
B0746
Dates:
1921-1932
Abstract:
none
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0682
Dates:
1878-1892
Abstract:
This volume contains recorded permits that were compiled by the office of the Western Division Engineer (Rochester). Maps or plans related to particular permits are included. The permits were issued by the Superintendent of Public Works..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Abstract:
This series consists of abstracts of vouchers created by the Superintendent of Public Works for engineering work on the Barge Canal System. Each abstract lists the date of expense; voucher number; names; description of expense; the canal or waterway to which expense relates; subtotals; and totals..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Abstract:
This ledgers in this series contain account information, in tabular format, related to canals in New York. The expenses are for construction and repair of canals, as well as related work such as road improvement; surveys; production of blueprints; and construction of bridges. The accounts contain the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Board
Abstract:
This series of sample forms includes circular letters from the Canal Department to Superintendents of Canal Repairs and to Collectors of Canal Tolls and resolutions of the Canal Board regarding routine maintenance of the canal and other canal business..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. Assistant Superintendent's Office
Abstract:
This series is comprised of 16 volumes of letter books that contain copies of correspondence created by the office of the Assistant Superintendent of Public Works, located in Rochester. The correspondence in these letter books is routine and administrative in nature, relating to construction, maintenance, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Title:
Series:
B2422
Dates:
1902-1992
Abstract:
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..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
none
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0357
Dates:
1905-1928
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
Title:
Series:
A4424
Dates:
1909-1936
Abstract:
This series consists of a card file, apparently incomplete, that indexes Barge Canal contract work and related documents. Almost all cards have a contract number at the top, along with an unidentified number at the left corner, which may be a field book or other type of document number..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series consists of discharge data, tables of water levels, survey reports, and other hydrologic data gathered by the Superintendent (later Department) of Public Works to plan for canal improvements and related flood control. During the 1920s responsibility for flood and water control was vested .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Highways
Title:
Series:
B0228
Dates:
1917-1933
Abstract:
This series consists of correspondence directed to and generated by the commissioner's office of the Division of Highways, Department of Public Works and its predecessor offices. The bulk of the files deal with the administration of federal highway construction aid appropriated by Congress in 1916. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Abstract:
This series contains receipts and other financial records related to the granting of ice permits on canals in the Eastern Division of the canal system. The volume includes receipts for payments from individuals and businesses to which the Superintendent of Public Works granted permits to cut ice from .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
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
17
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B1212
Dates:
1830-1890
Abstract:
These maps were created to show changes to the narrow and crooked parts of the Erie, Oswego, and Cayuga and Seneca Canals in order to admit larger boats. They typically depict property boundaries and names of property owners; character or cultivation of the land; bodies of water; roads and streets; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Title:
Series:
B0697
Dates:
1902-1908
Abstract:
This series consists of a scrapbook with pasted newspaper clippings related to the Barge Canal and road construction throughout Central and Western New York..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Maps and descriptions of western division lands permanently appropriated for use of the state canals
Series:
B0674
Dates:
1899-1907
Abstract:
The series consists of blueprint maps and descriptions of lands permanently appropriated for use of state canals. The blueprints, arranged by district, are tracings of maps of land appropriations along the Erie Canal in Wayne County (District No. 3) and Monroe and Orleans counties (District No. 4). .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
A4419
Dates:
1872-1935
Abstract:
The series consists of computational studies, emphasizing hydrological data, for canal construction and the effect of the canal system on adjacent property. Records include: survey computations; baseline data; a revised estimate of quantities and cost for enlarging the canal through the western division; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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