Scope and Content Note
The series consists of an assortment of documents, apparently originating in work of the State Engineer and Surveyor. The only element these materials have in common is the state's canal system. There is no clear relationship among records; neither is it known who brought the records together, or for what purpose.
Among the records are: statistical data from the office of the State Engineer and Surveyor; unattributed field notes pertaining to the canal's Western Division; correspondence on many unrelated matters; copies of indentures of property and related blueprint maps; blueprint copies of estimates for materials; and notes of what is apparently an inventory of canal contract materials.
The series is unarranged and unprocessed.
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