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Creator:

New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

 

 

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An agreement between the Union Iron Works of Buffalo and the Commissioners appointed by the State of New York to build a bridge over Cattaraugus Creek near Irving gives specifications for bridge, abutments, and grading..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

 

 

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This series from Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department consists of a contract between Alexander Robertson and the state of New York to construct a pier at the Albany Canal Basin. A bond is attached..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor. Western Division Engineer's Office

 

 

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This series consists of 6 volumes of contract specifications, engineers' estimates, and other documents related to the nine million dollar project for the improvement of the New York State Canal System. These records were created by the Western Division Engineers Office of the New York State Canal System .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of examples of contract specimens or specifications relating to the 1854 enlargement of the State's canal system..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series contains specifications, notices, contracts, and propositions received at the letting for the Oak Orchard Creek Aqueduct (October 17, 1850), Albion and Medina sections, as well as specifications and propositions dealing with the construction of Sections 6 through 10 on the Mountain Ridge.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of copies of records for canal lands originally held in the Monroe County Clerk's office. These records include copies of deeds, releases of damage, claims for damages, awards given to claimants, and descriptions of land appropriations..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This volume contains recorded permits that were compiled by the office of the Western Division Engineer (Rochester). Maps or plans related to particular permits are included. The permits were issued by the Superintendent of Public Works..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of a copy of the State Canal Commissioners' report to the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate, as well as dock building permits in the Erie Basin in Buffalo. This report contains applications, communications, and permits dealing with the construction of wharves, docks, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

 

 

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These files, arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent or firm, document the State's effort to promote widespread use of the Barge Canal. The files contain correspondence as well as newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, and press releasesrelated to the preparation of promotional .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor. Office of Special Deputy State Engineer

 

 

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This series, arranged chronologically, documents the Special Deputy State Engineer's role in the early construction of the Barge Canal. The files consist of correspondence, magazine articles; diagrams, sketches, drawings, and blueprints; costs and "shop bills" of construction materials from private .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

 

 

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This series contains subject files pertaining to canal administration, including correspondence, studies, reports, drawings, and photographs..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This volume contains transcriptions of a few land transactions and proceedings dealing with lands appropriated to the Western Division for the Genesee Valley Canal. A table of contents to the volume is located on the first page. Types of entries include releases of lands, awards for damages, and ind.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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These volumes are expense books of the Division Engineer and Assistant Engineers of the Western Division's Rochester office. Monthly expenses for each employee are accounted for on the last calendar day of the month. Each expense statement includes name of employee and title, date of statement, date .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This volume is a listing of accounts with J. Frederick Behn, Western Division Engineer. Each account is spread across two pages in the volume, and provides name of account holder, dates of transactions, types of transactions, and amounts of transactions. Also included are a couple of accounts with Western .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways

 

 

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These orders cover such topics as awarding and rescinding contracts; approval of revised plans; settlement of damages; and amendment of regulations..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund

 

 

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Most of the documents are statements of deposit of Canal Fund monies in banks across the State. Generally they include date of statement, name bank, and amounts deposited on various dates. Interfiled with the statements are receipts, canceled checks, certificates of deposit, lists of canal toll deposits, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

 

 

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Vouchers in this series contain affidavit of the master of a boat stating that he did not proceed to the point for which the original clearance was issued, and a receipt for amount of difference paid him. Attached is a copy of the original clearance given by the toll collector, giving name of boat; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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These vouchers and abstracts of vouchers document expenses incurred during surveys of proposed branch canals, some of which were never built. The abstracts listing the vouchers by date, name of payee, and amount, and related correspondence. The abstracts and vouchers are labelled with the name of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives