Research


Scope and Content Note

This series is an index for Series B0727, Glass plate negatives depicting construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal, and Series 11833, Barge Canal construction photographs. Placed within 1 cu. ft. box are six smaller boxes, titled "Drawers," of index cards containing descriptive information about the corresponding negative/photograph. Drawer 1-5 is arranged by contract number while Drawer 6 contains miscellaneous items and benchmark cards.

Each grouping of contract numbers encompasses smaller sub groups organized by structure type (e.g. appropriations, embankments, bridges, culverts and plants) and chronologically by index number. Each card contains some or all of the following information: contract number, index number, subject, location, taken, number of prints sent to Albany, remarks, date, building appropriated, parcel number, town and county. The index is not inclusive; only the miscellaneous items and the following contract numbers are indexed: 6, 9, 19, 21, 23, 38, 40, 41, 47-49, 59, 60-64, 66, 67, 76 and 77.