This series contains originals and carbon copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence directed to or generated by the Special Deputy State Engineer and Surveyor to appoint a Special Deputy State Engineer who was to supervise directly the construction of the Barge Canal. The correspondence deals with the transmittal of monthly estimates, weekly reports, contract progress photographs, work force distribution sheets, abstracts, vouchers, and monthly concrete reports. None of these records themselves are contained in this series.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor. Office of Special Deputy State Engineer
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This series contains final estimates, accounts, and measurements for a variety of canal and canal related structures including locks, roads, shores, bridges, sluices, excavations, culverts, linings, puddlings, dams, and embankments. Volumes contain detailed, multi-colored drawings and sketches, monochrome photographs, blueprints, and linen maps. Records pertain to the Middle Division of the Enlarged Erie Canal, Black River Canal, Chenango Canal, Chenango Canal Extension, and Oneida Lake Canal.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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Canal system contract agreements and specifications
Series Number
B0216
Summary
Consisting of state contracts for canal improvements prior to the construction of the Barge Canal, included are agreements and specifications, financial statements of bonding companies, general contracts, maps, tracings, drawings, correspondence, and bid proposals. Most of the contracts deal with: lengthening of locks on the Erie and Oswego canals; attempts to enlarge the Champlain Canal; introduction of electricity to towage; second enlargement of the canals; and early stages of Barge Canal construction or the third enlargement.
Creator
New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
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Canvasses of proposals for enlargement of Erie Canal and completion of Genesee Valley Canal
Series Number
A1399
Summary
These canvasses, arranged numerically by canal section number, are for proposals for the enlargement of the Erie Canal and completion of the Genesee Valley Canal. Each sheet contains section number, proposition number, name of bidder, amount of work to be done (grubbing, cleaning, bailing, draining, excavation, masonry, etc., in cubic yards), and quantity of materials needed, and dollar amounts proposed by each bidder.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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