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New York State Division of Canals and Waterways Buoy Boat Drawings and Specifications


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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, drawings, and specifications used in building the state's buoy boat fleet at the Syracuse Canal Shops. Buoy boats were used to maintain and refuel kerosene lighted buoys on the state's canal system. Also included are typed and handwritten lists of labor, materials, equipment, and costs incurred to construct various numbers of boats.
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Buoy boat drawings and specifications
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0.1 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1932-1958
Bulk Dates:
(bulk 1932-1936
Series Number:
B1749

Scope and Content Note

Buoy boats were used to maintain and refuel kerosene lighted buoys on the state's canal system. This series consists of plans, drawings, and specifications used in building the state's buoy boat fleet at the Syracuse Canal Shops in the 1920s and 1930s. The series also contains several typed and handwritten lists of labor, materials, equipment, and costs incurred to construct various numbers of boats.

Related Material

B1890 Syracuse Section Office Superintendent's files, contains related records.

Custodial History

This series was transferred from the Canal Corporation, Syracuse Division, via the State Museum.

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