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Displaying 166 Finding Aids
Title
- Land management files
Series Number
- B2296
Summary
- This series consists of files documenting discussions of land permit and land abandonment issues throughout the Barge Canal System. Records consist chiefly of correspondence between the main canal office and Department of Transportation Regional Offices (later Canal Corporation Divisional Offices). Background documentation, such as maps, is also sometimes included.
Creator
- New York State Canal Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of Public Works Office of the Superintendent Western Division engineers' ledgers regarding division personnel
Series Number
- B0737
Summary
- This series consists of 2 accounting ledgers used by the Western Division Engineer's Office to record payroll transactions. The heading of each ledger page lists employee name, job title, salary or hourly wage, and any special terms relating to payments. Most payroll entries are credited to personal service or management and operations. The majority of employees are listed as civil engineers or engineering aids, but additional titles included equipment operator, mechanical helper, laborer, and stenographer.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Works. Office of the Superintendent
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Preliminary estimates of quantities and costs for Barge Canal contracts
Series Number
- B0732
Summary
- This series consists of preliminary estimates of quantities and costs for various Barge Canal contracts.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Maps of lands permanently appropriated by the State of New York for the use of the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B1808
Summary
- The Laws of 1903, Chapter 147 authorized the State Engineer to appropriate lands, structures, and waters for the use of the improved canals (Barge Canal). This series consists of the original linen and paper maps created and maintained by the State Engineer and Surveyor and its succeeding agencies. The bound volumes constitute a five-volume set of maps showing land appropriations made pursuant to Chapter 79 of the Laws of 1895.
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
- Barge Canal aerial photography survey
Series Number
- B2050
Summary
- This series consists of aerial stereo photographs documenting the New York State Barge Canal from Waterford to Oswego. The photographs were taken for use in planning for the 1935 Federal Improvement to the Barge Canal System. Portions of the 19th-century Erie Canal alignments are also visible.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Card index to Western Division canal maps, plans, estimates and related structures
Series Number
- A4290
Summary
- This volume indexes three series of records documenting work on the western division of the State's canal system: B0380, Western Division Maps and Plans; B1211, Roll Maps Relating to the Western Division of the Erie and Barge Canals; and B0730, Engineers' Field Books Pertaining to the Construction of the State's Canal System. They provide subject access to maps, plans, drawings, estimates, and related documents produced for proposed work and ongoing maintenance of the canal system.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Administrative reports of Champlain Barge Canal Lock No. 2
Series Number
- B1799
Summary
- This series documents the daily operation of Champlain Barge Canal Lock No. 2 (Mechanicville). The bulk of the series consists of daily lockage reports detailing information about traffic passing through the lock and weekly chief operator's reports. The daily lockage reports include information about boat type, name, and direction as well as weather observations, lock water levels, and shift personnel. Additional records include reports (lock inspection; apparatus; water obstructions; float violations); supply and station logs; temporary clearances; and equipment inventories.
Creator
- New York State Canal Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Barge Canal System terminal contract plans
Series Number
- B1766
Summary
- The Barge Canal Terminal Commission studied the question of providing publicly controlled terminal facilities for New York State Canals. This series consists of linen plans and drawings depicting Barge Canal terminal locations and terminal construction specifications. Plans depict drawings and specifications for furnishing, installing, testing, assembling, and improving terminal elements. Map keys show terminal location and work to be completed. Voided contracts are noted. Extensive gaps exist in this series; records remain with the agency.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Superintendent and lock operator's records for Section 6 and Lock 28B of the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B1363
Summary
- This series consists of records of the superintendent of Section 6 of the Barge Canal at Lyons, New York, and lock operator's records for Lock 28B in Newark, near Lyons. The records document the work routine and environment along this section of the canal system and the working relationships among the state, commercial, and private sectors in the economy. Records include statistical summaries; reports; invoices; personnel records; permits; maps; incoming/outgoing correspondence; maintenance records; lock station sheets; navigation and weekly reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of costs and payrolls pertaining to Barge Canal contract 59
Series Number
- B0733
Summary
- This series consists of monthly estimates for contracts on the Barge Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Glass plate negatives depicting construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0727
Summary
- This series is composed of approximately 6,000 glass plate negatives showing detailed views of construction activities on the New York State Barge Canal Western Division. Each negative is enclosed in an envelope listing the plate number, subject, locality, contract number, and date taken.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Public Works employee history cards
Series Number
- B1418
Summary
- This series consists of card files documenting the employment history of individuals who worked in the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor; the Department of Public Works, including Division of Canals and Waterways and Division of Highways; and Department of Highways. Cards typically contain employee name and address; assignment; dates appointed, reappointed, resigned, or terminated; position title or rank; and salary. Full-time and seasonal employees are included.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts and vouchers for Barge Canal and canal terminal expenses
Series Number
- B0921
Summary
- This series contains bills, vouchers, and abstracts of expenditures submitted by resident engineers to the Department of Audit and Control. Each abstract lists amount owed by the state for salaries, wages, expenses, material, equipment, and supplies, and provides the geographic district number or the terminal location. Included are original bills and vouchers documenting claims against the State.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of expenditures for Barge Canal projects authorized by acts of the legislature
Series Number
- B1381
Summary
- This series documents expenditures for special Barge Canal projects authorized by acts of the legislature. The front of each abstract provides printed heading and typed information concerning the law and chapter that authorized the project, voucher number, to whom paid, for what service or material supplied, amount, warrant number, and file number. The back records file number, abstract number, division section number, date, amount, brief description of services or materials, law and chapter number, and county.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Superintendent of Public Works General Inspector's Office letter books
Series Number
- B0328
Summary
- This series consists mostly of administrative correspondence, generated by the General Inspector's Office, regarding the Erie and Barge Canals. Subjects include payment vouchers, supplies, and instructions to canal superintendents. Many copies are faded. Some are illegible.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. General Inspector's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of Public Works depositions regarding notices of land appropriations for Barge Canal purposes
Series Number
- B0338
Summary
- This series documents the state's acquisition of real property for the Barge Canal system, pursuant to Laws of 1903, Chapter 147, as amended. The series consists of depositions sworn to by employees of the Department of Public Works stating that the deponent had personally served notices of appropriation, along with maps and description of property appropriated for Barge Canal purposes, upon the reputed owners of said property.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Canal Corporation traffic agent's files
Series Number
- B1797
Summary
- This series consists of traffic-related reports, forms, and records maintained by Canal traffic agents. These reports provide documentation of day-to-day traffic on the canals. Records include origin and destination reports; tonnage reports; trip clearances; and other traffic related forms.
Creator
- New York State Canal Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to inactive revocable permits
Series Number
- B1787
Summary
- This series consists of index cards produced by the Division of Waterways Maintenance to facilitate access to revocable permits for the use of canal lands and waters (Series B1789). Information includes name and address of permitted; permit date; Department of Transportation region; permit number; permit costs; permit status and a brief description of the action approved by the permit. Insurance permits also contain insurance policy or certificate of insurance numbers for the land or property described by the permit.
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
- Record of cement received and used for Barge Canal contract 60
Series Number
- B0739
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Accounts relating to construction and operation of Barge Canal
Series Number
- A1055
Summary
- This series contains books and sheets of accounts for the construction and operation of the Barge Canal system. Included are accounts for expenditures on canal terminals, 1912-1920, and miscellaneous accounts for expenditures on canal, 1938.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.