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Displaying 62 Finding Aids
Title
- Topographical and geological highway and canal planning maps of New York
Series Number
- A4031
Summary
- This series contains topographical highway planning maps used for the preliminary location and planning of railroad lines and highway improvement; geological highway planning maps of the area north and west of Poughkeepsie used by the Highway Commission to test and analyze road surface materials; and topographical canal planning maps showing Cayuga, Seneca, Erie, and Champlain Canal routes used for planning canal enlargement.
Creator
- New York (State). State Highway Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of Public Works Division of Engineering journal recording original land sales
Series Number
- B0369
Summary
- This series consists of a lone surviving volume used by the State Engineer and Surveyor and later the Chief Engineer within the Department of Public Works to record sales of state lands. Volume includes details concerning the date, time, and location of public auctions held by the State Engineer and Surveyor and his successors; descriptions of parcels of land being sold at auction; and a detailed record of each sale.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Engineering
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Weekly employment reports
Series Number
- B0222
Summary
- The State Engineer and Surveyor was empowered to occasionally employ consulting engineers to reviewed both completed work and proposed projects. This series documents the reports they submitted weekly to the State Engineer and Surveyor with each form providing the dates covered by the report, assignments and duties performed, total time worked and the engineer's signature.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Consulting Engineers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence and subject files pertaining to Barge Canal contracts and operations
Series Number
- B0382
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Card index to the commission's administrative files
Series Number
- B0240
Summary
- This series consists of 3" x 5" index cards that serve as the index to the Administrative files of the Rockaway Beach Commission (Series B0237). The index provides the following information: the date, name of correspondent or subject, number (if correspondence), letter (if exhibit), a brief description of content, and whether it was received or sent.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Barge Canal construction monthly reports
Series Number
- A1274
Summary
- These are monthly reports and cover letters from the State Engineer and Surveyor to the Secretary of the Canal Board and to the Comptroller. The reports contain contract number; location of construction; names of contractor; and summary and percentage of work done.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence files
Series Number
- B0226
Summary
- This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence directed to or generated by the State Engineer and Surveyor's office. The records mainly relate to the construction, maintenance, operation, and administration of the New York State Canal System, particularly the construction of the Barge Canal and the second enlargement of the Erie and lesser canals and feeders.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- B0226-08, B0226-10: These accretions are pending conservation treatment and/or reformatting due to heavy water/mold damage, and are therefore restricted.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor index to maps and plans
Series Number
- B0360
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to maps and plans created by the New York State Engineer and Surveyor. The indexes contain the book number; title of the map or plan; and date.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers of contract proposals regarding the enlargement of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0348
Summary
- This series contains registers of contract proposals received by the Canal Board for the Erie Canal enlargement, Western and Middle Divisions. With the exception of a single volume, entries provide the following information: number of proposal, names of proposers, names of guaranty, P.O. address (only sometimes), amount, estimate amount (only sometimes), and remarks (only sometimes).
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Blueprint copies of maps of lands permanently appropriated by the State of New York for the use of the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0214
Summary
- This series documents the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Works relating to the appropriation of land for canal use. It includes appropriation maps; descriptions of appropriated lands; certificates of filing; and notices and affidavits served on property owners. Maps provide a detailed view of the property to be appropriated; and a detailed narrative description of lands to be appropriated, including the names of property owners and often those of adjoining property owners.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Maps of grants of lands under water
Series Number
- 19116
Summary
- The series consists of maps depicting grants of land under water made by the state from 1777 through the 1900s. Each map depicts the names of individuals to whom grants were made.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of General Services. Division of Land Utilization
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Scrapbook of legal notices of mortgage foreclosure sales
Series Number
- B0612
Summary
- This series consists of a scrapbook of legal notices of the sale of real property mortgaged to the State of New York and put up for sale by the Attorney General or the State Engineer and Surveyor after the mortgagors defaulted. Also included are letters to the Attorney General pertaining to the sales.
Creator
- New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Maps, blueprints, tracings, diagrams, plans, and cross sections of canal structures and sites
Series Number
- B0171
Summary
- These records primarily concern the Barge Canal system and its feeders. Series also contains items depicting the old Erie Canal and other canals such as the Black River Canal. Maps depict various canal structures such as bridges, diversion channels, dams, sewers, locks, culverts, stop gates, and aqueducts. Also shown are land patents, locations of towns and villages, land claims, towpath locations, roads, and streets in cities adjacent to canals.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
New York State Engineer and Surveyor Card Index to Correspondence of the State Engineer and Surveyor
Title
- Card index to correspondence of the State Engineer and Surveyor
Series Number
- 10482
Summary
- This series consists of index cards that act as a partial index to the correspondence files of the New York State Engineer and Surveyor, Series B0226.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Administrative correspondence and background history on the Oak Orchard Feeder
Series Number
- A4414
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence requesting information about the Oak Orchard Feeder at Medina. Most letters are to offices of the Western Division engineer, who had responsibility for its administration and maintenance. Subjects include location of contracts, deeds, and other records; power and ownership rights along Oak Orchard Creek; easements; possible improvements including hydraulic development of streams entering into or issuing from the canal. Also included is a history of the "Tonawanda and Oak Orchard Creek Feeder and Tonawanda Swamp".
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Letting records for contracts on various canals and locations in the Western Division of the canal system
Series Number
- B0710
Summary
- This series consists of records related to the letting of contracts for work on canals in the Western Division of the canal system. Records include requests for proposals; resolutions adopted by the Canal Board; and cost estimates.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Proposals received for work done on the Middle Division of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0704
Summary
- This series consists of printed forms of proposals for work to be done on the Middle Division of the Erie Canal. The proposals contain information on materials used, descriptions of work, and costs of projects.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Maps, drawings, and blueprints related to state waterways and canals
Series Number
- 10448
Summary
- This series contains maps, profiles, tracings, sketches, plans, drawings, blueprints, and a small quantity of related charts and correspondence relating to the State's canals, feeders, and/or various waterways. Included are profiles of canals and rivers; cross sections of actual and proposed canal and railroad lines; and canal section sketches of the location of canals and drainage patterns.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Barge Canal maintenance contracts
Series Number
- B0385
Summary
- These contracts consist of plans, memoranda of agreement, specifications, federal requirements, terms of contracts, itemized proposals, statements of material used, and estimates.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor ledger, cash books, journal, and trial balance books
Series Number
- B0352
Summary
- This series contains financial information relating to construction and repairs of the Barge Canal. Each volume includes individual ledger, cash book, and journal sections.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.