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The State Engineer and Surveyor kept these records of bridges over the Erie Canal and the Barge Canal in connection with his responsibilities for improvement of the state's canal system.
The lists vary in format and content but may provide such information as: contract number; name of bridge; location; measurements such as lowest point on structure, normal pool elevation, and clearance; by whom maintained (state, county, or railroad); and costs.
A3259-15: This accretion contains bridge inventory and condition cards for canal bridges near Syracuse; an inventory of Division 3 locks, bridges, and motors, 1928; and a binder listing Barge Canal bridges and spillways with drawings of sections and angles, 1942.
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