New York State Barge Canal System contract plans, 1904- [ca. 1950]

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New York State Barge Canal System contract plans, 1904- [ca. 1950]

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This series contains original linen plans for contracts for the Barge Canal System furnished under Chapter 147, Laws of 1903. Section 6 of the law specified that all work done on the "improved" Erie Canal (what later became known as the Barge Canal System) was to be done by contract; each canal structure or geographic area was let as a contract. The law further directed the State Engineer and Surveyor to make maps, plans, and specifications prior to assigning contracts. The plans for these contracts are the maps and drawings constituting this series. The series is arranged by contract number and contains maps for contracts 1-236. Cayuga and Seneca contracts, produced later and not included in the original Barge Canal contract list, follow an alphabetical order.

43.7 cu. ft. (ca. 2800 maps)

New York State Archives

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New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways

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New York State Canal Corporation

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Although surveys were made when the reservoir system was created by the Department of Public Works to serve the state canal system (early 19th through 20th century), the boundary lines of state property were not clearly defined, especially in the Adirondack region. In the early 1990s the Thruway Authority was mandated to conduct a comprehensive survey to clearly establish the state's property lines. The maps in this series are the result of the research portion of that survey. The survey was com...