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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:
These records primarily concern the Barge Canal system and its feeders. Series also contains items depicting the old Erie Canal and other canals such as the Black River Canal. Maps depict various canal structures such as bridges, diversion channels, dams, sewers, locks, culverts, stop gates, and aqueducts. Also shown are land patents, locations of towns and villages, land claims, towpath locations, roads, and streets in cities adjacent to canals.
Title:
Maps, blueprints, tracings, diagrams, plans, and cross sections of canal structures and sites
Quantity:

318.5 cubic feet

250 items

Inclusive Dates:
1830-1974
Series Number:
B0171