Research: Topics: Transportation
Guide to Canal Records
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Table of Contents
- Introduction to this subject guide
- Development and Administration of New York State's Canal System
- Offices and Agencies Responsible for Canal Administration and Development
- Historical Canals
- Descriptions of Records held by the State Archives:
- Records of the Department of Public Works
- Records of the Superintendent of Public Works
- Records of the General
Surveyor:
- State Engineer and Surveyor -- General Administrative Records
- State Engineer and Surveyor -- General Canal Administration
- State Engineer and Surveyor -- Canal Contracts
- State Engineer and Surveyor -- Canal Construction, Maintenance, and Operation
- State Engineer and Surveyor -- Canal Structures and Lands
- State Engineer and Surveyor -- Office of Special Deputy State Engineer
- State Engineer and Surveyor -- Western Division Engineer's Office
- State Engineer and Surveyor -- Canal Board
- State Engineer and Surveyor -- Canal Commissioners
- Records of the Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board
- Records of the Department of Audit and Control
- Records of the Comptroller's Office:
- Comptroller's Office -- Bureau of Canal Affairs
- Comptroller's Office -- Canal Board
- Comptroller's Office -- Office of the Canal Commissioners
- Comptroller's Office -- Commissioners of the Canal Fund
- Comptroller's Office -- Canal Investigating Commission
- Comptroller's Office -- Canal Contracting Board
- Comptroller's Office -- Other Canal Records
- Records of the Superintendent of Public Works
- Office of the Commissioners of the Land Office
- Department of State
- Department of Taxation and Finance
- Department of Law
- Executive Department
- Series Available on Microfilm
- List of Series in Order of Series Number
- Glossary of Canal Record Terminology
Other Resources