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Displaying 28 Finding Aids
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
- Records relating to diverse parts of the state's canal system
Series Number
- A4431
Summary
- This series consists of materials produced from work done on the state's canal system including the Cayuga and Seneca Canal, the Auburn Extension, and the Erie, Oswego, and Champlain Canals. Records include information for contracts relating to maintenance of terminals; blueprints of land to be appropriated for canal use in Cayuga County (Montezuma); daily journal of work on the Auburn Extension Survey; field books of data (Cayuga County); draft survey descriptions on assessed property values; and weekly observations of river heights.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Preliminary computational studies for Barge Canal construction
Series Number
- A4419
Summary
- The series consists of computational studies, emphasizing hydrological data, for canal construction and the effect of the canal system on adjacent property. Records include: survey computations; baseline data; a revised estimate of quantities and cost for enlarging the canal through the western division; material relating to the canal at Clyde, Newark, and Lyons such as engineers' report on damage claims and newspaper briefs on Clyde River floods; and base line survey computations from Hurds Bridge to Sulphur Guard Lock.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence files regarding federally funded highway construction projects
Series Number
- B0228
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence directed to and generated by the commissioner's office of the Division of Highways, Department of Public Works and its predecessor offices. The bulk of the files deal with the administration of federal highway construction aid appropriated by Congress in 1916. Most of the correspondence is between the state official responsible for overseeing the construction of highways and the federal district engineer who ensured that all provisions outlined in the act were being met by the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Highways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New Capitol Park specifications and map
Series Number
- A3185
Summary
- This series, a "Map of Capitol Park Albany N.Y," is a combination location map and site plan and includes several profiles and one diagram of landscaping work planned for Capitol Park during construction of the State Capitol. Apparently prepared by George L. Schillner, the map shows the Capitol building, the Capitol Park grounds, surrounding streets, driveways, access points, locations of water pipes, hose hydrants, catch basins, tile drains from the basins, and specifications for area and protecting walls.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Hydrologic data and summaries
Series Number
- A4429
Summary
- This series consists of discharge data, tables of water levels, survey reports, and other hydrologic data gathered by the Superintendent (later Department) of Public Works to plan for canal improvements and related flood control. During the 1920s responsibility for flood and water control was vested in that office (later the Department of Environmental Conservation assumed the responsibility). This material may also contain the raw data, and a draft copy of an annual or special report.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Partial index to Western Division field books, monthly estimates, structures, and other documents
Series Number
- A4424
Summary
- This series consists of a card file, apparently incomplete, that indexes Barge Canal contract work and related documents. Almost all cards have a contract number at the top, along with an unidentified number at the left corner, which may be a field book or other type of document number.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledgers for canal related accounts
Series Number
- B0346
Summary
- This ledgers in this series contain account information, in tabular format, related to canals in New York. The expenses are for construction and repair of canals, as well as related work such as road improvement; surveys; production of blueprints; and construction of bridges. The accounts contain the type of expense (such as reservoir improvement, bridge construction, etc.); date; and the itemized and total amount of expense.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.