New York State Department of Public Works Plans and Drawings for Barge Canal Maintenance and Capital Projects, Section 3, District 2 B2076

New York State Department of Public Works Plans and Drawings for Barge Canal Maintenance and Capital Projects, Section 3, District 2

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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 plans of buildings and structures in the Fonda Section of the New York State Barge Canal System. Records include plans of locks, buildings, dams, and bridges. Also included are plans for the shop and office in Utica and the layout and design plans for the section shop in Fonda.

Title:

Plans and drawings for Barge Canal maintenance and capital projects, Section 3, District 2

Quantity:

1 cubic foot

(approximately 200 plans)

Inclusive Dates:

1929-1960

Series Number:

B2076

Arrangement

Arranged roughly by project.

Scope and Content Note

This series of plans is a remnant of a larger group of records probably destroyed in a local flood in 2007. The series consists of building and structure plans for the Fonda Section (Section 3, District 2) of the New York State Barge Canal System. Records include plans of locks, buildings, dams, and bridges. Plans are also present for the Utica Shop and Office (an early WPA, Federal Relief Act project, 1936), and the layout and design plans for the section shop in Fonda.

Related Material

B1370 Resident Engineers' Records for Section 3 of the Barge Canal, contains related records.

Custodial History

This series was brought to the New York State Archives for conservation treatment after being water damaged in a local flood in 2007. It was formally transferred to the Archives in 2008.