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Displaying 206 Finding Aids
Title
- Receipts for land records from the Secretary of State
Series Number
- A3232
Summary
- This series consists of cancelled printed receipts indicating receipt of various land-related records by the State Engineer and Surveyor from the Secretary of State. Each receipt provides the date the records were received and a brief description of the items received by the State Engineer and Surveyor.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- 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.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor preliminary notices of appointment files
Series Number
- B0217
Summary
- This series consists of preliminary notices informing recipients of eligibility for appointment in the Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor. The records are not appointments, but rather requests for information regarding candidate's interest in the position, earliest start date, and amount of compensation candidate might seek. Also included is correspondence regarding employment including the rejection of offers, requests for transfers, applications for positions, or related subjects.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Engineer and Surveyor Preliminary Estimates for Construction of Barge Canal Terminals
Title
- Preliminary estimates for construction of Barge Canal terminals
Series Number
- B0367
Summary
- This series consists of preliminary estimates for the construction of Barge Canal terminals. The estimates include descriptions of work to be done as well as the estimated cost of the projects.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Survey maps of lands in New York State
Series Number
- A0273
Summary
- These are maps of surveys made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated state lands. The Surveyor General and his successor State Engineer and Surveyor produced these maps in keeping with his responsibilities for surveying and mapping state lands. A number of the maps are of townships in the State's military tract.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Specifications for work needed to improve roads
Series Number
- A4029
Summary
- This series consists of standard forms identifying specifications for road improvements put out for bid. Information includes road number; date work to be done by and/or year specification produced; width of road; length of section of road to be improved; materials to use; work procedures; and State Engineer's estimates of quantities of materials needed.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Cost account volumes for the Western Division of the Erie Canal and Genesee Valley Canal
Series Number
- B0398
Summary
- This series consists of monthly estimates relating to work to be done on the Erie and Genesee Valley Canals. Information includes the quantity of material or work to be done; type of materials delivered; work to be completed (grubbing, masonry, lining, etc.); item prices; and total cost.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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
- Record books of watersheds and related improvements in the Western Division of the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0388
Summary
- This series consists of data, reports, maps, and related records on watersheds and related improvements in the Western Division of the Barge Canal. Records include reports on investigations of flood damage; proposed improvements; data and computations on discharges, river slopes, elevations, water levels, and flow; narratives on legal rights, statutes, and engineering issues relating to dams, bridges, and waterway access; descriptions of surveys done at state institutions; and lists of appropriation bills for work done on Indian reservations.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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
- State Engineer and Surveyor records and profile map of the Genesee Valley Canal
Series Number
- A4420
Summary
- This series consists of a map and related records exhibited at a contract letting for the completion of improvements to the Genesee Valley Canal. Records include certification of the date and time papers were exhibited; a notice directing sealed proposals to perform the work; a schedule of quantities; sample proposal form; sample general contract and section specifications; and a map of the "Profile of Genesee Valley Canal from Guard Lock to Junction with Erie Canal Exhibited for Letting at Albany."
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Salaries paid to personnel temporarily employed on the Middle Division of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0742
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Card file index to field books of Erie Canal construction and enlargement
Series Number
- A4430
Summary
- This series consists of a card file indexing field books of Erie Canal construction and enlargements. Cards show date; type or location of work; and a reference to the book number(s) and its location. There are headings in the index for the following: canal enlargements and repairs; lengthening of locks; second canal enlargement; court of claims surveys; canal improvement; monthly estimates; and work on specific structures such as aqueducts, bridges, locks, walls.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Preliminary estimates for Erie Canal enlargement
Series Number
- A4418
Summary
- The series consists of reports representing work histories estimating construction costs of the enlarged Erie Canal in the Western Division when construction resumed after a state fiscal crisis. Some estimates relate to contracting out repairs beginning in the 1850s or to feeder canals. Included are tables showing character of work; length; number of structures; engineer's estimate; estimate at contract prices; amount done; and amount remaining.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Barge Canal contract location maps
Series Number
- B0391
Summary
- The series consists of sections of an undated printed colored U.S. Geological Survey topographic map of New York State, annotated to locate the areas covered by Barge Canal contracts. Each of the three canal divisions and the separate canals in each division were divided into residencies, with work in each residency done under the direction of a resident engineer or an assistant engineer in charge. Residency and contract numbers, and names of contractors are included.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Description and map of Storm King grant to the New York Central Railroad
Series Number
- A4020
Summary
- This series contains survey descriptions and a map of a land grant for which the New York Central Railroad Company applied. The map was prepared to accompany the application for the grant of land under water of the Hudson River. The Railroad Law, Section 8, gives all corporations authority to enter land to have it surveyed in order to decide upon the best possible railroad route.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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.
Title
- Contract plans relating to improvement of the Erie and Oswego canals
Series Number
- B0395
Summary
- Consisting mostly of maps, drawings, specifications, and related material, these plans show proposed work for which contracts were let during the "Nine Million Dollar Improvement" of the Erie and Oswego canals. In addition to particulars of a job site (elevations, structures, proposed improvements), the maps sometimes show boundaries of state-owned property, type of business (store, barber, mill, etc.), and name of businesses or property owners.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor index book to mechanical structures on canals
Series Number
- B0356
Summary
- This series consists of an index to and summary information about mechanical structures on various canals throughout New York State.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Indexes to maps and land records
Series Number
- A4024
Summary
- These indexes were created by the State Engineer's office to gain control of their maps and surveys. The indexes generally provide: name of town, tract, lot(s), or owner; volume and page number (if a land survey or purchase record); map number (if a map); and map case or portfolio letter or number (if a map).Series indexed include, "Land Papers, 2nd Series" ( A4016); Books of Sales (A4002); , Survey Field Books (A4019); and , Survey Maps ("Rolled Maps") (A4015).
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.