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New York State Department of Public Works Card Index to Canal Records


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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 a card index to Series B0730, Engineers' Field Books Pertaining to the Construction of the State's Canal System; Series B0377, Final Estimates and Accounts; and Series B0729, Roll Maps and Plans of the Middle Division of the Erie Canal.
Title:
Card index to canal records
Quantity:

1.4 cubic feet

7 card file boxes; approximately 4000 index cards

Inclusive Dates:
1900-1959
Series Number:
B1908

Arrangement

Alphabetical in several sequences.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of a card index to Series B0730, Engineers' Field Books Pertaining to the Construction of the State's Canal System; Series B0377, Final Estimates and Accounts; and Series B0729, Roll Maps and Plans of the Middle Division of the Erie Canal.

Related Material

B0730 Engineers' Field Books Pertaining to the Construction of the State's Canal System

B0377 Final Estimates and Accounts and

B0729 Roll Maps and Plans of the Middle Division of the Erie Canal, are all indexed by this series.

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Custodial History

This series was transferred to the New York State Archives from the New York State Museum. The index was created in the Utica Region Office (Dept. of Transportation Region II). When jurisdiction of the canal system was transferred to the Thruway Authority in the 1990s, the old canal office in Utica was merged into the Syracuse Division Office of the Canal Corporation. Records from Utica Region Office were subsequently transferred to Syracuse. The series was later transferred to the New York State Museum from the Syracuse Division Office.

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