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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
These photographs appear to have been submitted to the State Engineer and Surveyor by the Board of Consulting Engineers, a board of five civil engineers appointed to follow the progress of work on the canal system and to report on it to the State Engineer and Surveyor. Photographs show: canals; locks; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Abstract:
These requisitions were submitted by the Department of Public Works, Division of Canals and Waterways, to the Department of Audit and Control. Requisitions were made for steel, lumber, gravel, pipe, machinery, and other heavy equipment and material. Each file contains bid proposals with detailed specifications .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. Assistant Superintendent's Office
Title:
Series:
B1021
Dates:
1900
Abstract:
This is a series of photographs, circa 1900, of culverts, places where water passes below the Canal, on the Western Division of the Erie Canal..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board
Abstract:
The Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board determined costs for bridges and rights of way for a proposed canal on the south side of Long Island. Consisting primarily of correspondence and exhibit files, records also include survey progress reports, town resolutions, minutes of meetings and public hearings, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Title:
Series:
B2545
Dates:
circa 1960-1990
Abstract:
This series contains subject files pertaining to canal administration, including correspondence, studies, reports, drawings, and photographs..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A0834
Dates:
1888-1912
Abstract:
This series consists of instructions, specifications, profiles, cost estimates and accounts, correspondence, photographs, and other documents relating to proposed improvements to the Erie, Champlain, and Oswego Canals. The Canal Investigating Commission investigated work already done on enlarging and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Engineering
Title:
Series:
B0223
Dates:
1940-1944
Abstract:
These negative photographs were taken for use in settling Court of Claims litigation such as State contracts for the construction of highways, buildings, and other structures; appropriation of land and water; employee negligence; damages due to defects in the State's highway system. The negatives are .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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