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1
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Title:
Series:
A4411
Dates:
1939-1940
Abstract:
This series consists of transmittal memoranda, correspondence, and comptroller's certifications, lists of vendors, and blank and completed proposal forms and specifications for materials contracts let by the Department of Public Works for use on the Barge Canal..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
A4412
Dates:
1908-1909
Abstract:
This series consists of blueprint copies of survey maps and related materials of lands appropriated for construction of the Barge Canal. Documents pertain to Contract No. 66 involving land in the Niagara County, towns of Lockport and Royalton. Material includes blueprint maps and survey descriptions; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
A4426
Dates:
1905-1925
Abstract:
This series consists of a card file that indexes contracts, structures, and related appropriations for work on the Western Division of the Barge Canal. The file is arranged into eastern and western parts of the Western Division. Eastern section cards relate to many different contracts (numbers appear .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Abstract:
This series consists of aerial stereo photographs documenting the New York State Barge Canal from Waterford to Oswego. The photographs were taken for use in planning for the 1935 Federal Improvement to the Barge Canal System. Portions of the 19th-century Erie Canal alignments are also visible..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Abstract:
This series consists of drawings, blueprints, plans, diagrams, tracings, and maps relating primarily to the state's canal system. Virtually all the state's canals are represented, but the series is particularly strong with respect to the Barge Canal system. Also included is a map of the Genesee Valley .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Abstract:
none
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
B0171
Dates:
1830-1974
Abstract:
These records primarily concern the Barge Canal system and its feeders. Series also contains items depicting the old Erie Canal and other canals such as the Black River Canal. Maps depict various canal structures such as bridges, diversion channels, dams, sewers, locks, culverts, stop gates, and aqueducts. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series indexes maps once maintained by the Region 2 Waterways Maintenance Office of the Department of Public Works. Maps and plans indexed included the first Erie Canal enlargement, the 1895 Improvement and the Erie Barge Canal, the Black River Canal, the Chenango Canal, the Northern and Southern .........
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
10
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Abstract:
This series consists of a card file index to Series B1567, Canal Plans, Drawings, and Blueprints, 1849-1920. The index is arranged roughly by canal name and/or by type of structure (such as bridges, locks, feeders, and dams). Index entries for plans destroyed are marked..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
B2076
Dates:
1929-1960
Abstract:
This series consists of plans of buildings and structures in the Fonda Section of the New York State Barge Canal System. Records include plans of locks, buildings, dams, and bridges. Also included are plans for the shop and office in Utica and the layout and design plans for the section shop in Fond.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
This series indexes field books held in the Canal Corporation Region 2 Office in Syracuse, New York. Field books referenced in the index document the construction and maintenance of the Chenango Canal, Black River Canal, the Northern and Southern Reservoirs and Oneida Lake portions of the Barge Cana.........
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
14
Creator:
New York State Canal Corporation
Abstract:
This series was created by the Canal Corporation of the Thruway Authority to establish state property boundaries adjacent to the Northern and Southern Reservoir Systems. It consists primarily of maps and structure drawings of the Northern and Southern Reservoirs of the Barge Canal. Most maps relate .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
This series consists of approximately 240 linen maps showing locations of channels, structures, appropriated lands, and terminals of the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga and Seneca Canals, as well as the location of old canals in relation to the Barge Canal System as improved under laws of 1903, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
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
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