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Scope and Content Note

This series indexes two central Canal Board record series: Rough Minutes (record series A0856) and Petitions and Appeals to the Canal Board (record series A1140); it also serves as an index to part of the surviving Canal Board Minutes (record series A0868). Each entry provides a brief statement of the subject or name, date, and a phrase summarizing the document and/or board action. Occasionally, index entries include the document number assigned in Petitions and Appeals (A1140). Most entries are under names of persons (such as canal officers or petitioners), places, or canals or canal sections. Examples of subjects listed are: appeals from decisions of Canal Appraisers; abandonment of canals or land; aqueducts; bridges; banks handling canal deposits; contracts for repairs; dams; dredging; excavation; grade crossings; highways adjacent to canals; inspectors appointed; maps and plans of construction; navigation; piers; reservoirs; salt duties; steam vessels; terminals (construction of); tolls; and weigh masters appointed.