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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 series consists of correspondence requesting information about the Oak Orchard Feeder at Medina. Most letters are to offices of the Western Division engineer, who had responsibility for its administration and maintenance. Subjects include location of contracts, deeds, and other records; power and ownership rights along Oak Orchard Creek; easements; possible improvements including hydraulic development of streams entering into or issuing from the canal. Also included is a history of the "Tonawanda and Oak Orchard Creek Feeder and Tonawanda Swamp".
Title:
Administrative correspondence and background history on the Oak Orchard Feeder
Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1906-1929
Series Number:
A4414