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New Jersey State Archives
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P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Non-Governmental Records - Delaware and Raritan Canal
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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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Click here!
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Series:
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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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Click here!
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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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Series:
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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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Click here!
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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 ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.state.nj.us
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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