New York State Canal Commissioners Survey Maps and Plans for Projected Canal Alterations
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New York State Archives
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Albany, NY 12230
64 map(s)
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Geographic.
Scope and Content Note
These maps, in a few cases with attached correspondence, depict various improvements along canal routes. Most of the maps deal with the Erie Canal and are concerned with a specific section of the canal. The maps show locks; bridges; railroad bridges across canals; locations of canal alterations; aqueducts; and reservoirs and feeders.
The series includes maps of the Erie, Chemung, Chenango, Sodus, Oneida Lake, Champlain, and Cayuga and Seneca canals. The maps appear to have been made by the Office of Surveyor General in compliance with legislation of 1827 requiring a complete map and field notes. They were probably forwarded to the Comptroller who was a Commissioner of the Canal Fund and a member of the Canal Board.
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