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Displaying 346 Finding Aids
Title
- Reports and recommendations
Series Number
- B0221
Summary
- These records consist of typed carbon copies of reports and recommendations compiled by Board of Consulting Engineers submitted to the State Engineer and Surveyor. The reports deal mainly with work already performed on barge canal contracts and proposed work. They provide detailed information on construction methods as well as the administrative processes involved in supervising construction progress.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Consulting Engineers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bureau of Town Highways bridge files
Series Number
- B0235
Summary
- This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, memorandums, blueprints, plans, tracings, drawings, bridge measurements, computations, inspection notes, and cost estimates relating to the construction of highway bridges throughout New York State. Most documents date between 1921 and 1923. About a third of the correspondence discusses routine administrative matters. The remaining files deal with technical aspects of bridge construction and contain information on bridge designs and specifications.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Town Highways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Record of canal contracts
Series Number
- B0209
Summary
- This series consists of summary information on contracts authorized by the Canal Board for improvements on the state's canal system. Information includes contract name and serial number; authorizing chapter; description and location of work; approval date; bid process information; date contract was awarded and executed; name and residence of the contractor; construction period allowed by the contract; delays; date completed; name and address of the inspector; appropriation; engineer's estimates; contractor's bid; actual cost of construction and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Scrapbook regarding the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0208
Summary
- This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, magazine articles, legislative bills, programs, reports and correspondence dealing with the transformation of Albany into a world port through the deepening of the Hudson River, and the construction of a terminal.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Card index to the Board's administrative files
Series Number
- B0239
Summary
- This series consists of an index to the administrative files of the Jamaica Bay-Peconic Bay Canal Board (Series B0238). Information includes the date, name of correspondent or subject, whether sent or received, identifying number or letter, and a brief content description.
Creator
- Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to permit books
Series Number
- B0205
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to permits issued by the Superintendent of Public Works. They contain information regarding what types of permits were issued and the nature of the work performed or action taken by the company to which the permit was issued. These are the only available volumes of a series which was at least eleven volumes total. There are no dates marked on the volumes but entries indicate they were probably compiled in the 1920s.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- History of the Main and Hamburgh Street Canal in the City of Buffalo
Series Number
- B0211
Summary
- This series consists of a handwritten account of construction of the Main and Hamburgh Street Canal in Buffalo, N.Y. The volume is a compilation of legislative acts, reports, conveyances, deeds, statements, petitions and advertisements.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Chronological list of statutes relating to canals
Series Number
- B0210
Summary
- This series consists of a list of canal statutes passed in New York generated as an in-house reference tool.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to Barge Canal minute books
Series Number
- B0204
Summary
- These volumes index a set of "Barge Canal Minutes" and "Barge Canal Books" relate to records that may not have survived. The indexes are arranged in alphabetical subject categories. Some have special categories for deeds, permits, agreements, appropriations, and contracts.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board administrative files
Series Number
- B0238
Summary
- The Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board determined costs for bridges and rights of way for a proposed canal on the south side of Long Island. Consisting primarily of correspondence and exhibit files, records also include survey progress reports, town resolutions, minutes of meetings and public hearings, expense accounts, blueprints, maps, and photographs. Topics covered include property values, possible routes, construction estimates, possible obstacles to canal navigation, and opinions on proposed routes.
Creator
- Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Canal contract final accounts
Series Number
- B0220
Summary
- This series contains final contract accounts; explanations of extra work; receipts; and resident assistant and division engineers' affidavits to final accounts. Data includes name of contracting firm; date of contract; description of construction project; authorizing legislation; description of items purchased or services performed; quantities and cost of materials; partial payments made to contractors; reasons for alterations; and explanations regarding extra work.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Financial statements pertaining to highway contracts
Series Number
- B0745
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Inventory of canal "blue line" maps
Series Number
- B2543
Summary
- This series contains an inventory of the approximately 1,900 "blue line" maps produced by the State Engineer and Surveyor pursuant to Chapter 199, Laws of 1910 and Chapter 51, Laws of 1917. The maps inventoried depict all state owned lands and property prior to improvements effected for the Barge Canal System; the location of state property appropriated for the Barge Canal; and the location of the old canals and related state property in relation to the Barge Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor index to Eastern Division employees ledger
Series Number
- B0354
Summary
- This series consists of alphabetically arranged index of employees working on the Eastern Division of the Erie Canal. The index contains the names of employees as well as page numbers.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Survey map of the Town of Brooklyn, Kings County
Series Number
- A4026
Summary
- This single manuscript map shows the town of Brooklyn in the county of Kings as it was surveyed by Sidney Herbert and Robert Tolford in 1834. This survey was carried out at the request and under the direction of town supervisor Jeremiah Johnson. The survey was apparently done in anticipation of the incorporation of the City of Brooklyn which occurred by legislation passed in April of 1834. This map clearly shows all nine wards.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Engineer and Surveyor Western Division Engineer's Office correspondence files
Series Number
- B0383
Summary
- This series consists predominantly of incoming correspondence received by the state canal system Western Division Engineer's Office in Rochester, New York. Most correspondence emanates from the offices of other state officials responsible for the managment of the state canal system. Correspondents address the creation of maps and plans, design and construction of canal structures, operation of locks and maintenance of water levels, disposition of abandoned canal lands, and handling of claims for damages caused by the construction or operation of canals in the division.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor. Western Division Engineer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Monthly estimates for improvement, repair, and enlargement of the state's canal system
Series Number
- B0397
Summary
- This series consists of monthly estimates of work done and materials delivered for the improvement, repair, and enlargement of the New York State Canal System. The estimates relate to construction and repair work, including locks, aqueducts, culverts, and general excavation, undertaken throughout the canal system.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Lists of sales of and accounts of payments for confiscated lands
Series Number
- A4032
Summary
- These volumes contain a record of sales of land confiscated from loyalists in the Eastern and Western districts. Included are date of sale; name of purchaser; forfeiter (Eastern Division only); price; lot number and location; acreage (Eastern District only); and date of deed (Western District only). The series also includes accounts for Western District lands, which list purchaser's and forfeiter's names; lands purchased; date and amount of sale; and amounts and means of payments made by the purchaser.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of Forfeitures
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Middle Division letter books
Series Number
- B0702
Summary
- This series is comprised of 13 volumes of letter books that contain carbon copies of correspondence written by resident and division engineers engaged in work on the Middle Division of the Erie Canal. The correspondence in these letter books is administrative in nature, addressing various aspects of work on the Middle Division, which included the counties of Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Expenditures made for improvement and repair of the Middle Division of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0716
Summary
- This series consists of records of expenditures made for improvement and repairs of the Middle Division of the Erie Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.