New York State Engineer and Surveyor Western Division Engineer's Office Correspondence Files
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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 predominantly of incoming correspondence received by the state canal system Western Division Engineer's
Office in Rochester, New York. Most correspondence emanates from the offices of other state officials responsible for the
managment of the state canal system. Correspondents address the creation of maps and plans, design and construction of canal
structures, operation of locks and maintenance of water levels, disposition of abandoned canal lands, and handling of claims
for damages caused by the construction or operation of canals in the division.
Creator:
Title:
New York State Engineer and Surveyor Western Division Engineer's Office correspondence files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1849-1908
Bulk Dates:
bulk 1878-1897
Series Number:
B0383
Scope and Content Note
This series consists predominantly of incoming correspondence received by the state canal system Western Division Engineer's
Office in Rochester, New York. Only scattered copies of outgoing letters are present. Frequent correspondents include the
state canal board and canal commissioners; state engineer and surveyor and deputy state engineer and surveyor; state superintendent
of public works; state canal system middle and eastern division engineers; canal section superintendents; auditor of the state
canal department; contractors; local politicians and other public officicials; and railroad system operators and engineers.
Letters pertain to all contingencies encountered in the day-to-day management of the planning, enlargement, operation, and
maintenance of the canal system in the western division. Correspondents address very specific details relating to the creation
of maps and plans, design and construction of canal structures, operation of locks and maintenance of water levels, disposition
of abandoned canal lands, and handling of claims for damages caused by the construction or operation of canals in the division.
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Detailed Description
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: B0383-85 |
| 1849-1877 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
1 |
| 1878-1879 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
2 |
| 1880 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
3 |
| 1881 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
4 |
| 1882 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
5 |
| 1883 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
6 |
| 1885 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
7 |
| 1886 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
8 |
| 1887 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
9 |
| 1888 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
10 |
| 1889 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
11 |
| 1890 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
12 |
| 1891-1892 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
13 |
| 1893 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
14 |
| 1894 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
15 |
| 1895-1897, 1908 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
16 |
| 1884 |
Correspondence and Subject Files |
17 |
