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Non-Governmental Records - Delaware and Raritan Canal
Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about the State Archives' accessioning guidelines. |
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See also:
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Secretary of State - Corporate Filings
Department of the Treasury - Taxation Records (including railroad and canal taxation) | |
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Series:
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Camden and Amboy Railroad/Delaware and Raritan Canal Companies Minutes of the Joint Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, 1831-1872 |
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Control #:
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PCAMD001 |
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Format:
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3 c.f. (15 vols.); 2 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Part of the Pennsylvania Central Corporation deposit. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Delaware and Raritan Canal Company Minutes of the Board of Directors and Stockholders, 1830-1872 |
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Control #:
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PDELA001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (3 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Part of the Pennsylvania Central Corporation deposit. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Delaware and Raritan Canal Company Land Records, Construction Contracts and Maps [Canter Collection], 1809-1929 |
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Control #:
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PDELA002 |
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Format:
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5.5 c.f. (8 boxes and 6 map folders); 3 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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By geographical section, then date |
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Series:
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Delaware and Raritan Canal Company Miscellaneous Publications, 1823-1869 |
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Control #:
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PDELA003 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes reports regarding formation of company; see list at beginning of reel. Originals at the Canal Society of New Jersey. |
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Finding Aid:
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company Delaware and Raritan Canal Agreements, 1874-1940 |
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Control #:
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PPENN001 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 boxes); 4 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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By region, party, then date |
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Notes:
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Majority of agreements include site plans (usually blueprints). |
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Finding Aid:
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Series:
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Governor Arthur Harry Moore (1879-1952), 3rd Term (1938 -1941) Delaware River Water Supply Project Aerial Photographs of Delaware & Raritan Canal and Proposed Pipeline Route, 1938 |
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Control #:
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S4600003 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (99 photographs) |
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Arrangement:
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By photograph number |
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Notes:
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Includes three index views. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Department of Conservation and Development Photographs of the Delaware and Raritan Canal [Henry B. Kummel Collection], 1935-1936 |
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Control #:
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SCR00003 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (40 photographs) |
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Arrangement:
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Geographical |
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Notes:
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Nearly half of the views show repairs to the Feeder Canal at or near Prallsville Lock in Delaware Twp., Hunterdon County. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Delaware and Raritan Canal Commissioners Reports, 1817 & 1818 |
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Control #:
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SZDEG001 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (2 vols.) |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission Canal Maps [Blueprints], 1903-1913 |
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Control #:
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SZDEH001 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (9 rolled blueprints) |
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Arrangement:
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By map number |
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Notes:
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Most of the maps are not dated; one dates from 1903, and another from 1913. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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New Jersey Water Supply Authority Delaware and Raritan Canal Drawings and Maps, 1909-1952 |
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Control #:
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SZWAV001 |
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Format:
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9.5 c.f. (26 map folders and 1 box) |
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Arrangement:
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By drawing number |
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Notes:
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Draft guide available in the Manuscript Reading Room. |
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Finding Aid:
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Related records:
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Department of Conservation and Development Proposed New Jersey Ship Canal Publications, 1895-1938 |
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Control #:
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SCR00004 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (5 pamphlets, 1 relief map) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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State Geologist Henry B. Kummel's copies; includes 1912 relief map of the New Jersey Ship Canal Commission. |
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Series:
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Legislature Petitions and Other Papers relating to Bridges, Canals, Dams, Ferries and Roads, 1765-1835 |
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Control #:
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SLE00002 |
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (5 boxes and 3 vols.) |
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Series:
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Department of State Secretary of State's Office Annual Reports of Canal and Railroad Companies, 1854-1866 [with gaps] |
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Control #:
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SSTSE101 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box) |
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Arrangement:
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By year |
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Notes:
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Later reports were produced by the Comproller's Office in the Department of the Treasury. Missing 1858, 1861-63. |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Comptroller's Office Annual Reports of Canal and Railroad Companies, 1872-1915 |
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Control #:
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STSCT006 |
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Format:
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4.25 c.f. (9 boxes) |
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Notes:
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Earlier reports were produced by the Secretary of State's Office Missing 1873, 1882 & 1895. |
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Series:
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Department of the Treasury Division of Taxation Public Utility Tax Bureau Railroad and Canal Tax Ledgers, 1893-1972 |
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Control #:
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STSTA007 |
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Format:
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8.5 c.f. (5 boxes and 9 vols.) |
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Series:
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State Board of Assessors Summary and Valuation of Tax for Railroads and Canals, 1886-1932 |
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Control #:
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SZASS004 |
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (4 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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State Board of Assessors Records of the 1910-1911 Revaluation of Railroads and Canals in New Jersey |
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Control #:
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SZASS005 |
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Format:
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21.1 c.f. (32 boxes, 1 portfolio) |
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Arrangement:
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Various |
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Series:
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New Jersey Ship Canal Commission Reports on the Proposed Sea-Level Canal Connecting Delaware and New York Bays, 1912 |
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Control #:
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SZSHI001 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 report) |
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Series:
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Committee on Taxation of Railroad and Canal Property Report to the Legislature, 1934 |
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Control #:
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SZTAS001 |
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 report) |
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 63.06 c.f. of paper records and 10 reels of microfilm ~
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