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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Public Service

 

 

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This series consists of site plans of a proposed power station at Cayuga. Records include plans, maps, and overlays. Site plans include locations; elevations; cross sections; railroad access; coal car storage areas; transmission line arrangements; and existing and supplemental structures. Maps and plot .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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These survey maps for proposed canal improvements of Erie, Champlain, and Oswego canals are particularly valuable for their representation of state-owned land. Maps show measurements of canal length; town, city, and county lines; name of some land owners, or parcel numbers, of property adjacent to the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Arranged by canal, these maps depict lands adjacent to the Erie and Champlain canals during the time of their enlargement and improvement as the Barge Canal. Included are lines for State-owned land; the towpath; a new channel line; potential flood lines; land elevations and water depths; and boundaries .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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These volumes include surveys of land in the State's New Military Tract granted to veterans for service during the Revolution. They generally provide date of the survey; surveyors' names; name of patent and/or a narrative description of the land surveyed; narrative description; acreage of each lot; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Canal Corporation

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

Syracuse Developmental Center

 

 

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This series consists of field books; engineer's diaries of land surveys and contract work on the Syracuse Psychopathic Hospital; Newark State School and Hospital; Syracuse State Forestry College; the Oneida Fish Hatchery and colonies of the Syracuse State School. Records include engineer's diaries for .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives