Original and preliminary cross sections for 1895 survey of Erie Canal improvement, [ca. 1896]

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Original and preliminary cross sections for 1895 survey of Erie Canal improvement, [ca. 1896]

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The series consists of hand-drawn cross sectional drawings from an 1895 survey done for proposed canal improvements. The diagrams indicate elevations of the existing canal bed and adjoining abutments and calculate the degree of change, or excavation, needed to deepen the canal. Such survey drawings might be used to produce contract drawings at a later date, and some of the drawings in this series pertain to contracts previously let for canal improvements. The drawings chart parts of the Middle and Western Division of the Erie and Oswego canals, along with several prominent feeders. The cross sections are in two groups that apparently reflect differing work methods in the two divisions.

6 cu. ft. (17 volumes including ca. 14,000 cross sections) : col. ink, manuscript ; 5 x 35 cm or larger within approximate volume size of 46 x 60 cm.

New York State Archives

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