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Scope and Content Note

This series was created by the Canal Corporation of the Thruway Authority to establish state property boundaries adjacent to the Northern and Southern Reservoir Systems. It consists primarily of maps and structure drawings of the Northern and Southern Reservoirs of the Barge Canal. Most maps relate to either the Northern or Southern Reservoir System in whole or part; some relate to the entire reservoir system, and others relate to feeders and other reservoirs. Several of the maps are unrelated to the reservoir systems and were apparently inadvertently withdrawn by the Canal Corporation for the survey.

Reservoirs documented in the series which pertain to the Northern Reservoir System include Carthage Dam; Delta Dam; the Fulton Chair; South Lake Reservoir, White Lake Reservoir, and Woodhull Reservoir.

Reservoirs documented in the series which pertain to the Southern Reservoir System include Bradley Brook; DeRuyter; Eaton Brook; Erieville; Hatch's Lake; Jamesville; Kingsley Brook; Madison Brook; Woodman Pont; and Leland Pond reservoirs.

B1542-15: This accretion contains a map of DeRuyter Reservoir, 1856; surveys of Leland Ponds Reservoir (Madison County), as well as transcriptions and photostats of deeds for reservoir land around time of purchase in the 1830s; and appropriation surveys of the Stone Monuments, Hinckley Reservoir, 1909.