New York State War Council Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee Equipment and Material Inventories A4272

New York State War Council Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee Equipment and Material Inventories

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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 contains inventories created by Zone Coordinators working for the Mutual Aid for Highway Repair and Debris Clearance, which was organized to repair highways or streets or to remove debris in the event of an enemy attack. The inventories include all equipment and material owned by the State, counties, cities, villages, and towns. Information included in the inventories was distributed to the public works and highway officials in each zone for planning for emergency use of the resources.

Creator:

New York State War Council. Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee

Title:

Equipment and material inventories

Quantity:

1.3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

circa 1941-1945

Series Number:

A4272

Arrangement

Alphabetical by county, then numerical by district.

Scope and Content Note

The Mutual Aid for Highway Repair and Debris Clearance was organized to repair highways or streets or to remove debris in the event of an enemy attack.

An inventory was made of all equipment and material owned by the State, counties, cities, villages, and towns. Zone Coordinators were responsible for taking an inventory for their zone and furnishing copies to the Assistant Coordinators in their zone and to the Deputy Zone Coordinators.

Inventories for equipment may include anything from air compressors to welding equipment, while those for material may include anything from bituminous material to timber. The information retrieved from the inventories was distributed to the public works and highway officials in each zone for planning for use of the resources in an emergency.