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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways. Syracuse Office
Abstract:
This series consists of plans, drawings, and specifications used in building the state's buoy boat fleet at the Syracuse Canal Shops. Buoy boats were used to maintain and refuel kerosene lighted buoys on the state's canal system. Also included are typed and handwritten lists of labor, materials, equipment, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Abstract:
This series contains original linen plans for Barge Canal System contracts furnished under Chapter 147, Laws of 1903. The law directed the State Engineer and Surveyor to make maps, plans, and specifications prior to assigning contracts. The series is arranged by contract number and contains maps for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Title:
Series:
B1808
Dates:
1897-1969
Abstract:
The Laws of 1903, Chapter 147 authorized the State Engineer to appropriate lands, structures, and waters for the use of the improved canals (Barge Canal). This series consists of the original linen and paper maps created and maintained by the State Engineer and Surveyor and its succeeding agencies. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Title:
Series:
B1764
Dates:
[circa 1923]-1970
Abstract:
This series consists of original linen plans and drawings delineating maintenance contracts assigned for the New York State Barge Canal System. After the completion of the Barge Canal System in the mid-1920's, appropriations were authorized for the maintenance and operations of the system. Contract .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Abstract:
This series consists of approximately 1000 shop drawings, which were used in conjunction with individual Barge Canal contracts to produce detailed specifications. The maps are primarily on linen and contain a great level of detail; from these plans contractors and manufacturers were able to fulfill .........
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
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
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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
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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
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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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