New York State Comptroller's Office Measurements, Calculations, and Estimates for Construction of Chenango Canal A1091

New York State Comptroller's Office Measurements, Calculations, and Estimates for Construction of Chenango Canal

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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 3 volumes of measurements, calculations, and estimates for construction of the Chenango Canal. For each survey station (approximately three chains apart), there are calculations of cubic footage of excavation, embankment (towpath, berme, etc.), and lining, with comments and totals. For each section of the canal there is an abstract of the account for that section, listing work done, extra material used, pay rate, total amount due, date, and contractor's name.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title:

Measurements, calculations, and estimates for construction of Chenango Canal

Quantity:

1 cubic foot

3 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1833-1837

Series Number:

A1091

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of three volumes of measurements, calculations, and estimates for construction of the Chenango Canal.

For each survey station (approximately three chains apart) there are calculations of cubic footage of excavation, embankment (towpath, berme, etc.), and lining, with comments and totals. For each section of the canal there is an abstract of the account for that section, listing work done, extra material used, pay rate, total amount due, date, and contractor's name. There are also special calculations for canal feeders, locks, culverts, aqueducts, dams, fences, waste water weirs, etc., including detailed figures for amount and value of stone and wood work and drawings of locks, culverts, and other works.

Volume 1 covers sections 5-26 (Hamilton-Norwich); volume 2, sections 27-47 (Norwich-Greene); volume 3, sections 48-68 (Greene-Binghamton). Volume 1 contains the signature of Alfred Barrett, engineer. There is no indication of why these volumes came into the possession of the comptroller, but it was presumably because he paid the bills for construction of the canal.