The series consists of documents relating to the Canaseraga Creek improvement project begun in 1906. The Canaseraga Creek is an important tributary of the Genesee River. Heavy silt deposits and the irregular course of the creek inhibited free passage of water, resulting in severe annual flooding. The slow subsidence of flood waters on the flat land impaired cultivation and caused damage. The records document efforts to redress the situation posed by damage to the public health.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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Scrapbook of photographs, maps, and diagrams of canal, highway, and watershed construction
Series Number
A1272
Summary
This series contains maps, photographs, diagrams, and charts illustrating construction and improvement projects done on state highways and waterways. The records depict proposed work and work in progress and include photographs of natural features, damaged or repaired structures, and work sites. Records also include maps showing work progress and possible locations for improved roads; hydrographs of monthly water discharge levels; plans and designs for structures; and sketches of soil depth and composition.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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This series consists of village/hamlet planimetric atlases. The atlases provide large-scale coverage (one inch represents 800 feet) of smaller New York State communities not covered by the related series of urban area maps (Record Series B1806). Each atlas includes maps of villages and hamlets for a single county or for a region encompassing two or more counties. Map features include: roads, route identification, railroads, airfields, civil boundaries, community names, and water features.
Creator
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
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This series consists of mylar masters and paper prints of 1: 9600-scale urban area planimetric maps. The 36" x 48" maps provide large-scale coverage (one inch represents 800 feet) of the larger urban areas of the state, with the exception of New York City. Map features include: roads, route identification, railroads, airfields, civil boundaries, community names, water features, and the State Plane Coordinate and New York Transverse Mercator grid systems.
Creator
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
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This series consists of topographic maps created by the Department of Transportation and its predecessor agency, the Department of Public Works, for use in the planning and design of highway projects. The maps include all roads, with identifying route numbers and names; railroads; airports; transmission lines; individual buildings; hydrography; civil boundaries; fence lines; and, in some cases, property lines with property owners' names.
Creator
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
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Copies of hydrographs and flow data of the Canaseraga and Keshequa Creeks and the Genesee River
Series Number
B0389
Summary
This series consists of hydrographs of the Canaseraga and Keshequa Creeks and of the Genesee River showing gage heights and discharge at various points and stations along those waterways and showing water surface elevation in connection with the Canaseraga Creek improvement. Hydrographic work was undertaken to measure the volumes of streams and flow of water for the purpose of determining water supply available for canals, domestic purposes, and for potential water power.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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Record books of watersheds and related improvements in the Western Division of the Barge Canal
Series Number
B0388
Summary
This series consists of data, reports, maps, and related records on watersheds and related improvements in the Western Division of the Barge Canal. Records include reports on investigations of flood damage; proposed improvements; data and computations on discharges, river slopes, elevations, water levels, and flow; narratives on legal rights, statutes, and engineering issues relating to dams, bridges, and waterway access; descriptions of surveys done at state institutions; and lists of appropriation bills for work done on Indian reservations.
Creator
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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Maps, drawings, and blueprints related to state waterways and canals
Series Number
10448
Summary
This series contains maps, profiles, tracings, sketches, plans, drawings, blueprints, and a small quantity of related charts and correspondence relating to the State's canals, feeders, and/or various waterways. Included are profiles of canals and rivers; cross sections of actual and proposed canal and railroad lines; and canal section sketches of the location of canals and drainage patterns.
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