New York State Department of Transportation Division of Waterways Maintenance Index to Permits for Use and Occupancy of New York State Canal Lands B1788

New York State Department of Transportation Division of Waterways Maintenance Index to Permits for Use and Occupancy of New York State Canal Lands

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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 created by the Real Estate Division of the Department of Transportation to facilitate access to permits for the use and occupancy of New York State canal lands (Series B1790). Permits were typically granted to private citizens to build camps or boat docks on canal property; to municipalities to build bridges or other infrastructures; and to private companies to construct gas or other pipelines across or along canal right of way.

Creator:

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

Title:

Index to permits for use and occupancy of New York State canal lands

Quantity:

2.5 cubic feet

circa 16800 cards

Inclusive Dates:

[circa 1900-1992]

Series Number:

B1788

Arrangement

Organized into two subseries: I. Permit by DOT region; II. Permit by geographical region.

Within subseries, numerical by DOT region, then alphabetical by permittee name.

B1788-07:Arranged by active and cancelled permits in several alphabetical sequences.

B1788-10:Alphabetical in several sequences by subject, location, etc.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of index cards created by the Real Estate Division of the Dept. of Transportation to facilitate access to permits for the use and occupancy of New York State canal lands (series B1790). The cards present, in an abstracted form, similar information to that contained in the permits. Information transcribed on the cards may include: name and address of permittee, date of permit, Dept. of Transportation region, permit number, information on former or superseded permits, terms of permit, permit costs (issuance, per year, renewal, and amendment), a brief description of the action approved by the permit, and if the permit was cancelled or not.

Permits were typically granted to private citizens to build camps or boat docks on canal property; to municipalities to build bridges or other infrastructures; and to private companies to construct gas or other pipelines across or along canal right of way. Accretion B1788-07 of this series specifically contains index entries for permits granted in the Syracuse administrative area, from Oneida Lake to Wayne County.

Related Material

B1790 Permits for Use and Occupancy of New York State Canal Lands, 1975-1985, indexes this series.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Container lists are available at the repository.

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.