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Survey map of Susquehanna and Chemung rivers


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This volume contains survey maps of a proposed railroad from Fort Plain on the Erie Canal to Otsego Lake and of the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers, "for a Slack Water Navigation." Maps show streams; lakes; towns; roads; bridges; mills; and town and county lines.
Title:
Survey map of Susquehanna and Chemung rivers
Quantity:

1 volume(s)

Inclusive Dates:
1830
Series Number:
A0852

Arrangement

Geographic (southwest).

Scope and Content Note

A bound volume contains survey maps of a proposed railroad from Fort Plain on the Erie Canal to Otsego Lake and of the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers, "for a Slack Water Navigation."

Maps show: streams; lakes; towns; roads; bridges; mills; and town and county lines. Maps begin at Fort Plain and end at Elmira; no scale is given. The survey was made and the maps drawn under direction of the Canal Commissioners in accordance with legislation of 1830.

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