New York State Engineer and Surveyor Glass Plate Negatives Depicting Construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal

This series consists of approximately 6,000 glass plate negatives showing detailed views of the construction of the western section of the Barge Canal. The negatives measure approximately 6" x 8". Each negative is enclosed in an envelope containing information on the plate number, subject, locality, contract number, and date taken. (Series B0728, Index to Glass Plate Negatives Depicting Construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal, is an index to these negatives. Series 11833, Barge Canal Construction Photographs, contains prints of these negatives. Middle Division negatives are in the custody of the Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, New York. Eastern Division negatives were destroyed in a flood in the 1930s.)

Selected glass plate negatives in this series have been digitized and are available in State Archives Digital Collections.

B0728Series B0728, Index to Glass Plate Negatives Depicting Construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal, is an index to negatives in this series

11833Series 11833, Barge Canal Construction Photographs, contains prints of the negatives in this series The Canal Research Collection at the Onondaga Historical Association contains related material.

B0727-85: Container list is available at the repository.

B0727-15: These records were identified and transferred by the New York State Canal Corporation in April 2014.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.