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New York State Engineer and Surveyor Barge Canal Contract Cross Section Sheets


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New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
The volumes in this series contain cross section drawings relating to Barge Canal Western Division Contracts No. 6 and No. 202 in Monroe County, New York. Drawings are done in pencil and ink on 16 x 20 inch sheets of 10 x 10 grids-to-one inch cross section graphing paper.
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New York State Engineer and Surveyor Barge Canal contract cross section sheets
Quantity:

1 cubic foot

(2 volumes)

Inclusive Dates:
1904-1910, 1923
Series Number:
B0394

Scope and Content Note

Volume 1 of this series contains cross section drawings relating to Barge Canal Western Division Contract No. 6 in Monroe County. Drawings pertain to the individual intersections of Buffalo Road, Lyell Avenue, and Spiers Bridge Road with the Barge Canal. Volume 2 contains cross section drawings relating to Barge Canal Western Division Contract No. 202, also in Monroe County. This contract involved completion of excavation of the canal channel in the Genesee River and the placing of rock-spoil protection between Elmwood Avenue bridge and Clarissa Street bridge in Rochester. Drawings in both volumes are done in pencil and ink on 16 x 20 inch sheets of 10 x 10 grids-to-one inch cross section graphing paper.

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Accretion: B0394-85
1904-1910 Cross Section Drawings: Barge Canal Western Division Contract No. 6 1
1923 Cross Section Drawings: Barge Canal Western Division Contract No. 202 2