Copy of annual report on the canals A4022

Copy of annual report on the canals

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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 is actually a compilation of several reports written by the State Engineer and Surveyor and by division engineers which made up the part of the State Engineer and Surveyor's 1851 annual report on canals. The narratives concern construction completed, costs, estimated costs of needed work, and use of the canals.

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Title:

Copy of annual report on the canals

Quantity:

0.2 cubic feet

1 volume

Inclusive Dates:

1850-1852

Series Number:

A4022

Scope and Content Note

This volume contains a manuscript copy of part of the State Engineer and Surveyor's 1851 annual report on canals. The annual report is a compilation of reports written by the state engineer and surveyor and by division engineers. The first report is an overview by the state engineer concerning construction completed; costs; estimated costs of needed work; and use of the canals. The division engineers' reports concern the sections they supervised, containing detailed tabular statements of costs and cost estimates for work on the canals.

The complete report was published as Assembly Document No. 1852, and includes a number of canal diagrams and several hundred tabular statements not in the manuscript copy. The copy does include all of the narrative sections of the report, with a few minor transcription errors.