Maps, profiles, and surveys of Erie and Hudson state roads
Series Number
A0855
Summary
These maps and profiles from the Surveyor General were produced for a report to the legislature suggesting the best route for a road never built. Field notes document surveys of a proposed route between Lake Erie and the Hudson River and include brief descriptions of the land at each survey point. Maps show sections between towns and villages. Information includes town names; waterways; roads; estate boundaries and owner's names and inns and taverns and names of their owners.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Survey map of extension of Genesee Valley Canal from Olean to Mill Grove Pond
Series Number
A0854
Summary
This is a map of survey lines for a 6.7 mile extension of the Genesee Valley Canal from Olean to Mill Grove Pond. Authorized in 1857 and brought into use in August 1859, the map includes names of villages; property owners along the proposed extension route; significant buildings; locks; tollgates; survey stations; topographic shadings; woodland areas; and bodies of water.
Access Restrictions
Restricted: Map extremely fragile.Use under supervision or with assistance of archivist due to fragile condition.
Copies of maps of location and construction of the state's canal system showing enlarged Erie Canal
Series Number
B1510
Summary
This series consists of a fragmentary volume of color copy tracings, derived from State Engineer and Surveyor Map and Plan Books of the Location and Construction of the State's Canal System, depicting the enlarged Erie Canal extending from western Montgomery County to eastern Oneida County. Information in the tracings may differ from that in the original paper maps.
Creator
New York (State). Executive Department
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.