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Displaying 137 Finding Aids
Title
- Account of monies paid to contractors and others for construction, repair, and enlargement of the Black River, Chenango, and Genesee canals
Series Number
- B1881
Summary
- This series consists of an account of monies paid for construction, repair, and enlargement of the Black River, Chenango, and Genesee canals. Each account contains name of contractor; contract number; general location of work; general description of work; date and payment amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Record of canal contracts
Series Number
- B0209
Summary
- This series consists of summary information on contracts authorized by the Canal Board for improvements on the state's canal system. Information includes contract name and serial number; authorizing chapter; description and location of work; approval date; bid process information; date contract was awarded and executed; name and residence of the contractor; construction period allowed by the contract; delays; date completed; name and address of the inspector; appropriation; engineer's estimates; contractor's bid; actual cost of construction and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
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
- Erie Canal Museum records inventory
Series Number
- B1899
Summary
- This series consists of records either transferred to the State Archives or retained by the Erie Canal Museum. Records include correspondence; records inventories; indexes; and other finding aids.
Creator
- Erie Canal Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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
- Canal contract final accounts
Series Number
- B0220
Summary
- This series contains final contract accounts; explanations of extra work; receipts; and resident assistant and division engineers' affidavits to final accounts. Data includes name of contracting firm; date of contract; description of construction project; authorizing legislation; description of items purchased or services performed; quantities and cost of materials; partial payments made to contractors; reasons for alterations; and explanations regarding extra work.
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
- Index to damages awarded by the Canal Appraisers for the enlargement of the Erie Canal and for construction of other canals
Series Number
- B2027
Summary
- This series consists of an index to damages awarded by the Canal Appraisers for the enlargement of the Erie Canal and for the construction of other canals, particularly the Chemung and Chenango Canals. Data includes claimant name; county where claimant's property was located; filing number; date; volume and page reference; amount of the award and when paid.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Canal Appraisers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- Employee time reports
Series Number
- B0744
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor. Western Division Engineer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Copies of Canal Commissioner's report to the State Assembly
Series Number
- B1838
Summary
- This series consists of Canal Commissioners' reports to the State Assembly. The reports include maps and profiles of the divisions of the Erie Canal; maps of various lakes; headwaters and tributaries and proposed plans for dams at headwaters of the Hudson and Raquette Rivers. Also included is a list of maps and an index.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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
- Ledger of expenditures and abstracts of vouchers for services and materials on Section No. 2, Champlain Canal
Series Number
- B1781
Summary
- This series consists of monthly expenditures for Section No. 2 of the Champlain Canal. While information recorded in the volume remains consistent over time, format varies slightly. At various times additional information such as itemized expenditures are listed for various canal structures; names and tasks of employees, and hours worked and wages paid are occasionally recorded.
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 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
- Commissioners of the Canal Fund index of stockholders of Million Dollar Loan
Series Number
- A1454
Summary
- This series consists of an alphabetical index of stockholders in the state's "Million Dollar Loan." Names listed include those of private citizens, insurance companies, state officials, banks, trust funds, and colleges. The index refers to a "Ledger A" which is apparently no longer extant.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Work diary for Forestport operations and maintenance shop
Series Number
- B1400
Summary
- This series consists of a journal of work activities kept by staff at Forestport, a workshop that operated and repaired reservoirs and feeder canals in the Adirondacks. This record of maintenance activities is particularly useful in understanding and interpreting the historic operations of the reservoirs and waterways. Sites at which work is recorded include the Black River; Nine Mile feeders; Hinckley and Sand Lake dams; Woodhull Lake; North Lake; Trenton Falls; and Boonville.
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 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.