Research

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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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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

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Water Power Commission

 

 

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The American Super-Power Corporation submitted these exhibit maps and drawings to the Water Power Commission as part of a license application for a St. Lawrence River water power project. Action on this application was suspended in 1927 and superseded in 1930 by the creation of the St. Lawrence River .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Public Service Commission

 

 

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The series consists of sets of contract drawings of New York City subway system routes and facilities in Brooklyn from 1907 and 1908. Each set includes several portfolios of drawings, plans, maps, details, and sectional drawings. They are arranged chronologically by year and therein by route number .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Consisting mostly of maps, drawings, specifications, and related material, these plans show proposed work for which contracts were let during the "Nine Million Dollar Improvement" of the Erie and Oswego canals. In addition to particulars of a job site (elevations, structures, proposed improvements), .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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The volume contains plates of plans, drawings, profiles and location maps relating to the improvement and enlargement of the Barge Canal. Locks, dams, and bridges are frequently represented. Generally the plates depict: typical channel sections, prism walls and the types of wall and bank protection .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways

 

 

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These records relate to contracted work on the Barge Canal involving constructing or repairing dams, storage reservoirs, or canal terminals; channel excavation; or bridge improvement. A few maps and tracings of the Syracuse area show encroachment on the Erie Canal and state-owned land desired by private .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Division of Water

 

 

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The series consists of subject files documenting cooperative state and federal government efforts to monitor and control pollution and water resources development in New York State drainage basins. Each river basin's file contains information pertinent to locations (of towns or rivers) within that basin. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives