Index to inactive revocable permits B1787

Index to inactive revocable permits

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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 of index cards produced by the Division of Waterways Maintenance to facilitate access to revocable permits for the use of canal lands and waters (Series B1789). Information includes name and address of permitted; permit date; Department of Transportation region; permit number; permit costs; permit status and a brief description of the action approved by the permit. Insurance permits also contain insurance policy or certificate of insurance numbers for the land or property described by the permit.

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

Title:

Index to inactive revocable permits

Quantity:

5.0 cubic feet

ca. 7000 index cards

Inclusive Dates:

1837-1988

Series Number:

B1787

Arrangement

Organized into the following subseries: I. Inactive revocable permits; II. "Insurance" permits; III. "Current" permits.

Within subseries, alphabetical by permittee.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of approximately 7000 index cards produced by the Division of Waterways Maintenance to facilitate access to revocable permits for the use of canal lands and waters (Series B1789). The cards present, in an abstracted form, similar information to that contained in the permits. Information transcribed on the cards includes name and address of permittee, date of permit, Dept. of Transportation region, permit number, permit costs (issuance, per year, renewal, and amendment), a brief description of the action approved by the permit, and if the permit was cancelled.

Permits issued prior to 1956 include permit book number and page number. Subseries II, "Insurance" permits contains, in addition to this information, insurance policy or certificate of insurance numbers for the land or property described by the permit. While permits covered by insurance policies date from 1930, the policies themselves date from 1961. Subseries III, "Current permits" containing identical information to the rest of the series, indexes permits which retained a longer active status and were filed at a later date by the DOT.

Related Material

This series indexes series B1789, Inactive revocable canal permits, 1837-1988.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Container list.

Custodial History

The index was transferred to the Thruway Authority when all functions and duties pertaining to the state's canal system were transferred to the Canal Corporation.