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Displaying 166 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
- New York State Department of Transportation Division of Waterways Maintenance Regional Waterway Engineer's correspondence and operation and maintenance files
Series Number
- B2422
Summary
- This series documents the Division of Waterways Maintenance regional waterways engineer's operation and maintenance of the Erie Barge Canal between Oneida Lake and the eastern portions of Montgomery County.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
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
- Correspondence and publicity files
Series Number
- B0234
Summary
- These files, arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent or firm, document the State's effort to promote widespread use of the Barge Canal. The files contain correspondence as well as newspaper clippings, magazine articles, brochures, and press releasesrelated to the preparation of promotional lantern slides, advertising and promotional techniques , goods shipped on the canal, the proposed re-introduction of canal passenger packets, and the distribution of canal system literature and photographs.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Department of Transportation Division of Waterways Maintenance computation books
Series Number
- B2423
Summary
- The computation books in this series provide two different types of information: survey documentation used to produce maps; and/or plans and construction material documentation used to produce estimates for costs. The series documents preparations for canal improvements and construction in three locations: Syracuse-Utica, Rochester-Buffalo, and Fonda.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
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
- Blueprint maps and surveys of land appropriated for canal use by Contract No. 66
Series Number
- A4412
Summary
- This series consists of blueprint copies of survey maps and related materials of lands appropriated for construction of the Barge Canal. Documents pertain to Contract No. 66 involving land in the Niagara County, towns of Lockport and Royalton. Material includes blueprint maps and survey descriptions; affidavits of service; certificates of service (by county clerk) and notices of appropriation.
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 unidentified Middle Division Barge Canal contracts
Series Number
- B1880
Summary
- This series consists of a card index to unidentified contract files. The index seems to refer to expenses, correspondence, maps, and field books primarily of the Middle Division. This is not a working index and is retained for internal use only.
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 of locations of documents relating to the Barge Canal
Series Number
- A4422
Summary
- The series references storage locations of documents relating to the Barge Canal era. Included are maps and plans associated with the Oswego Canal (or River) and the areas of Fulton, Phoenix, and Minetto, New York. References to canal structures and documents as well as a few place names and proper names are also included. The 3" x 5" cards describe the item referenced and a case letter, drawer number, and what may be an item or document number.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- Aperture cards of canal contracts, plans, and maps
Series Number
- B1937
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Card index to documents relating to the Oswego Canal
Series Number
- A4423
Summary
- This series consists of a card file that apparently indexes documents relating to building and/or maintenance of the Oswego Canal, which ran from Syracuse to Oswego, New York. Most cards are undated and are pre-printed with the title "Barge Canal Field Books," They give canal name, contract number, geographical area, or type of structure; a description of the item indexed; and an "original number" and a "file number." Cards cover surveys, cross-sections, structures, and hydrological data.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- William Beard estate papers
Series Number
- A1200
Summary
- This series consists of statements and tables of income (mainly rents), from taxes on the real estate of the late William Beard whose lands were to be acquired by the Barge Canal Terminal Commission for its terminal in New York Harbor. Also included are working papers submitted by the Comptroller's office to the Attorney General in litigation over the estate. They include data on the operation of the old Erie Basin, which had apparently been leased to Beard as agent of the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to Region 2 field books
Series Number
- B2075
Summary
- This series indexes field books held in the Canal Corporation Region 2 Office in Syracuse, New York. Field books referenced in the index document the construction and maintenance of the Chenango Canal, Black River Canal, the Northern and Southern Reservoirs and Oneida Lake portions of the Barge Canal.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Plans, blueprints, and drawings relating to the operation and maintenance of the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B1353
Summary
- This series consists of working copies of contract plans used by the Operations and Maintenance Division of the Department of Public Works and predecessor units. These "office copies" include attachments in the form of maps and plans detailing revisions and updates to original plans. Included are hydrologic data; maps and charts for lake elevations; buoy locations; hydrographs of the Oneida, Seneca, and Oswego rivers; charts of Cayuga and Oneida Lake elevations; and plans and related material for Barge Canal contracts.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal equipment inventories
Series Number
- B1795
Summary
- This series consists of cards documenting inventories of equipment used in all operational aspects of the New York State Barge Canal System. Cards include specific details on item types, makes, models, where equipment was used on the canals, equipment life cycles, and dates of equipment operation.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Card file index to Region 2 maps
Series Number
- B2074
Summary
- This series indexes maps once maintained by the Region 2 Waterways Maintenance Office of the Department of Public Works. Maps and plans indexed included the first Erie Canal enlargement, the 1895 Improvement and the Erie Barge Canal, the Black River Canal, the Chenango Canal, the Northern and Southern Reservoirs, Oneida Lake, and the Old and New Oneida Lake Canals. Also included indexed is work on the Utica State Hospital and Marcy State Hospital.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to canal damage awards by Canal Appraisers, Board of Claims, and Court of Claims
Series Number
- B1965
Summary
- This series consists of a one-volume, partial index to Series B0602, Canal Damage Awards by Canal Appraisers, Board of Claims, and Court of Claims. Each entry includes name of claimant, date of filing, file or claim number, amount granted, canal, judgment number, and date of payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Barge Canal System contract shop drawings
Series Number
- B1765
Summary
- This series consists of approximately 1000 shop drawings, which were used in conjunction with individual Barge Canal contracts to produce detailed specifications. The maps are primarily on linen and contain a great level of detail; from these plans contractors and manufacturers were able to fulfill specific terms of contracts. Included are shop drawings for the components of bridges, locks, gates, dams, winch cars, and other canal mechanisms. Also included in this series are shop drawings for four maintenance contracts.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of Transportation Division of Waterways Maintenance New York State Barge Canal System fishing poster
Series Number
- B1771
Summary
- This series consists of an original tempera on illustration board portraying fish in the New York State Barge Canal. The top of the painting announces, "Something fishy is going on in the New York State Barge Canal." Seven fish are displayed underwater: bass, dogfish, carp, walleye, sunfish, perch, and pike.
Creator
- Fairchild Aerial Surveys, inc. New York office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.