Research


Scope and Content Note

This series consists of both original and photostatic copies of maps, blueprints, tracings, diagrams, plans and cross sections of canal structures and sites. The series pertains mainly to the Barge Canal System and its feeders, but there are also records pertaining to the Old Erie Canal and the lesser canals such as the Black River Canal. The majority of items in the series are concerned with various canal structures. These include bridges, diversion channels, dams, locks, sewers, culverts, shop gates and aqueducts. The remainder of the series depicts land patents, locations of towns and villages, land claims, towpath locations, roads, and streets in cities where canals were situated.