Scrapbook regarding the Barge Canal B0208

Scrapbook regarding the Barge Canal

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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 scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, magazine articles, legislative bills, programs, reports and correspondence dealing with the transformation of Albany into a world port through the deepening of the Hudson River, and the construction of a terminal.

Title:

Scrapbook regarding the Barge Canal

Quantity:

0.3 cubic feet

(1 volume)

Inclusive Dates:

1929-1932

Series Number:

B0208

Arrangement

Items arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of one bound volume containing mainly newspaper clippings, but also magazine articles, legislative bills, programs, reports and correspondence. The compiler of the scrapbook is not known, but appears to have been a Department of Public Works employee. The scrapbook deals mainly with the transformation of Albany into a world port through the deepening of the Hudson River, and the construction of a terminal.