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Displaying 11 Finding Aids
Title
- Abstracts, check rolls, and vouchers for canal expenditures
Series Number
- A0013
Summary
- These monthly and bi-monthly abstracts, check rolls, and vouchers were submitted to the Canal Commissioners by Superintendents of Repairs. Arranged by canal starting with Erie, then chronologically by year, and alphabetical by name of Superintendent of Repairs, the records provide detailed information on labor performed (including laborers' names and wages) and expenditures on construction or repair projects on the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, Cayuga and Seneca, Chemung, Crooked Lake, Chenango, Genesee Valley, and Black River canals.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Vouchers for expenditures on enlargement of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- A3131
Summary
- These vouchers were submitted to a canal commissioner and accompanied by a receipt for money paid by him. Vouchers specify monies paid for appraising property; moving buildings; advertising for proposal; excavating earth; and constructing or altering locks, waste weirs, dams, and other canal structures.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Letters of instruction to Western Division engineers
Series Number
- B0325
Summary
- This series is comprised of letters of instruction to the Western Division Engineer's Office from the office of the State Engineer and Surveyor regarding the construction and repair of the Barge Canal. The letters contain instructions on surveying; repairs; requisitions; plans; estimates; contracts; reports; dealing with labor issues; and various other administrative aspects of constructing and maintaining 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
- Division of Canals and Waterways official orders
Series Number
- A1276
Summary
- These orders cover such topics as awarding and rescinding contracts; approval of revised plans; settlement of damages; and amendment of regulations.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstracts and vouchers of expenditures
Series Number
- A1126
Summary
- These monthly abstracts of expenditures were submitted for audit by the Comptroller's office. Each abstract lists vouchers by number and provides name of payee, nature and amount of expenditure. Expenditures are for ordinary repairs, new construction, repair of breaks in the canal, damages to adjacent lands, equipment for offices, building of State boats, advertising for proposals, etc.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Letter books
Series Number
- B0329
Summary
- This series is comprised of 16 volumes of letter books that contain copies of correspondence created by the office of the Assistant Superintendent of Public Works, located in Rochester. The correspondence in these letter books is routine and administrative in nature, relating to construction, maintenance, and repair of the Erie Canal and Barge Canal. The time period of letter books coincides with the construction of the Barge Canal and much of the correspondence deals with this topic.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. Assistant Superintendent's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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
- Canal Board rough minutes
Series Number
- A0856
Summary
- Rough minutes document the Canal Board's administration of the state canal system in accordance with legislation of 1826 and 1870. The series is comprised mainly of resolutions and financial statements concerning: issuing of stock; transfer of bank account; purchase of real estate; settlement of wages; estimates of canal repairs; and approval for the payment of monies to contractors for work performed.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of State deeds by the Superintendent of Public Works
Series Number
- A0459
Summary
- This series consists of quitclaim deeds by which the Superintendent of Public Works, with the authorization of the Canal Board, released the State's title to and interest in lands appropriated for canal purposes that were determined to be no longer needed. In most cases, quitclaim deeds were used to both release the State's title to and interest in appropriated lands and to grant said real property to the party from whom it was originally appropriated. In several cases, quitclaim deeds were used to release the State's title to and interest in appropriated lands and to grant said real property to a second party in exchange for other lands required for canal purposes.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minutes
Series Number
- A0868
Summary
- These four volumes of minutes document the Canal Board's administration of the state's canals in accordance with legislation of 1826. The records consist mostly of resolutions and financial statements concerning the canals and provide: date; names of persons present; names of persons making motions; resolutions; and votes.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal operating and administrative files
Series Number
- A1438
Summary
- These are draft circulars to canal employees; tables of distances on canal; abstracts of blanks furnished to toll collectors; statements of tolls collected; and draft reports on canal affairs.
Creator
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.