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101

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of proceedings, financial statements, and correspondence of the Board of Commissioners appointed for the improvement of the Hudson River..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

102

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series contains final estimates, accounts, and measurements for a variety of canal and canal related structures including locks, roads, shores, bridges, sluices, excavations, culverts, linings, puddlings, dams, and embankments. Volumes contain detailed, multi-colored drawings and sketches, monochrome .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

103

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series is comprised of a volume of vouchers for Barge Canal contracts. The vouchers contain date of the contract; amount of expense; purpose of expense (such as payment to contractors, advertising, recovering appropriations, etc.); subtotals; and totals..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

104

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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These records consist of fragments from many series relating to canals. The records include calculations, specifications, monthly estimates, instructions, damage claims, contracts, Canal Board resolutions, surveys, preliminary estimates, advertisements, lettings, proposals, maps, and final accounts..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

105

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of data, reports, maps, and related records on watersheds and related improvements in the Western Division of the Barge Canal. Records include reports on investigations of flood damage; proposed improvements; data and computations on discharges, river slopes, elevations, water levels, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

106

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of hydrographs of the Canaseraga and Keshequa Creeks and of the Genesee River showing gage heights and discharge at various points and stations along those waterways and showing water surface elevation in connection with the Canaseraga Creek improvement. Hydrographic work was undertaken .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

107

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of maps, profiles, plans, survey documents, diagrams, estimates, the final report on the proposed improvement of the Chemung Canal. Also included are daily journals of Resident Engineer Louis A. Burns who was in charge of the project and prepared the final report. Also included .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

108

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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The series consists of sections of an undated printed colored U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of New York State, annotated to locate the areas covered by Barge Canal contracts. Each of the three canal divisions and the separate canals in each division were divided into residencies, with work .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

109

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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The volumes in this series contain cross section drawings relating to Barge Canal Western Division Contracts No. 6 and No. 202 in Monroe County, New York. Drawings are done in pencil and ink on 16 x 20 inch sheets of 10 x 10 grids-to-one inch cross section graphing paper..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

110

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

 

111

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of detailed sectional maps dating from the 1895 improvement of the Erie Canal. Maps show property and buildings fronting the canal and land tracts on either side of the canal. Information includes property lines and owners; previous canal alignments; locations of ditches, washes, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

112

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of monthly estimates of work done and materials delivered for the improvement, repair, and enlargement of the New York State Canal System. The estimates relate to construction and repair work, including locks, aqueducts, culverts, and general excavation, undertaken throughout the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

113

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of monthly estimates relating to work to be done on the Erie and Genesee Valley Canals. Information includes the quantity of material or work to be done; type of materials delivered; work to be completed (grubbing, masonry, lining, etc.); item prices; and total cost..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

114

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of volumes of calculations and estimates related to construction and repair work performed on New York State's canal system..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

115

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of hand-drawn cross sections from an 1895 survey done for proposed canal improvements. Various colored lines represents the existing canal bed; proposed improvements; and water level of the canal. Measurements give changes in elevation for use in determining the amount of excavation .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

116

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

 

117

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of 10 account books that were used by the New York State Engineer and Surveyor's office to track and record information about accounts and expenditures for the Genesee Valley Canal. These volumes include information on type and amount of work being done; contractors performing work; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

118

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This volume contains profile drawings and diagrams of locks 98 and 99 of the Genesee Valley Canal, as well as diagrams and sketches of projects related to locks 98 and 99, including an eleven-foot lift. Only a few pages of this volume are filled out and much of it is left blank..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

119

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of an account book relating to work completed on the Genesee Valley Canal and Ischua feeder. The accounts in this volume list the station, how much work was done, type and cost of work completed, and the total cost of the project..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

120

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of estimates for work to be done on the Genesee Valley Canal between 1851 and 1855. The estimates include costs for bridge, lock, and dock repair; sloping of walls; stonework; and other miscellaneous projects. Also included are statements of work that give an overview of the cost .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives