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• History of the canal system of the State of New York together with brief histories of the canals of the United States and Canada (Brandow Printing Company, 1905), by Noble Earl Whitford, Minnie M. Beal, United States Department of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, and New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rochester and its early canal days : reminiscences of the author, while engaged on the New York state water-ways, the Erie, Genesee Valley, Black River, and other lateral canals ... (Democrat and Chronicle Print, 1914), by H. P. Marsh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Origin of the Erie Canal. Services of Benjamin Wright. (Sandford & Carr, Printers, 1870), by Benjamin Hall Wright and Sandford & Carr (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Mighty Chain: A Guide to Canal Records in the New York State Archives, by New York State Archives and Records Administration
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• Centennial address delivered at Trenton, N.Y., July 4, 1876 (White & Floyd, printers, 1877), by John F. Seymour (page images at HathiTrust)
• The advantages of the proposed canal from Lake Erie, to Hudson's River (s.n., 1814), by Gouverneur Morris, Seymour B. Durst, and Robert Fulton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Low bridge! Folklore and the Erie Canal. (Syracuse University Press, 1962), by Lionel D. Wyld (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rochester and its early canal days : reminiscences of the author, while engaged on the New York state water-ways, the Erie, Genesee Valley, Black River, and other lateral canals ... (Democrat and Chronicle Print, 1914), by H. P. Marsh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Low bridge! : Folklore and the Erie Canal (Syracuse University Press, 1977), by Lionel D. Wyld (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Marco Paul's travels and adventures in the pursuit of knowledge. Erie canal. (Benjamin B. Mussey, 1845), by Jacob Abbott (page images at HathiTrust)
• National growth; selections from the Youth's companion. (Perry Mason co., 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The story of the New York State canals : historical and commercial information (J.B. Lyon Co., 1925), by Roy G. Finch and New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)

• Annual report (James B. Lyon, 1850), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report. ([Albany], 1962), by New York (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on the Lake Erie-Lake Ontario Canal (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Annual financial report. (Albany., 1862), by New York (State) Auditor of Canal Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report of the superintendent of public works ... (Albany, 1879), by New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report of the Auditor of the Canal Department, relative to the expenditures on the canals. (Albany., 1848), by New York (State) Auditor of Canal Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Progress report. (J. B. Lyon Company, printers, 1922), by New York (State) Commission on the St. Lawrence Ship Canal Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life and writings of De Witt Clinton (Baker and Scribner, 1849), by DeWitt Clinton and William W. Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the Advisory Board of Consulting Engineers. (J.B. Lyon Company, State Printers., 1904), by New York (State). Advisory Board of Consulting Engineers and Edward Austin Bond (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings. (Albany., between 1000 and 1999), by New York (State). Canal Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• A vindication of the claim of Elkanah Watson, Esq. to the merit of projecting the Lake Canal Policy, as created by the Canal Act of March, 1792 : And also, a vindication of the claim of the late General Schuyler, to the merit of drawing that act, and procuring its passage through the legislature (Printed by James Bogert, 1821), by Robert Troup, Elkanah Watson, and Philip John Schuyler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary report of the Commission created pursuant to chapter eight hundred and six of the Laws of nineteen hundred and twenty. (J.B. Lyon company, printers, 1921), by New York (State) Commission on the St. Lawrence ship canal project and Leonard W.H. Gibbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the various projects, report, discussions and estimates for reaching the Great lakes from tidewater. 1768-1901. ([Oswego? N.Y., 1901), by William Pierson Judson (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York State Barge Canal (J. B. Lyon Co., printers, 1926), by New York (State). Department of Public Works and Frederick Stuart Greene (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of Samuel B. Ruggles (Comstock & Cassidy, printers, 1863), by New York (State). Commissioner on enlargement of canals for national purposes and Samuel B. Ruggles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the commissioners appointed by joint resolutions of the honorable Senate and Assembly of the state of New-York, the 13th & 15th March, 1810, to explore the route of an inland navigation from Hudson's River to Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. (Printed by S. Southwick, 1811), by New York (State). Commissioners on Internal Navigation and Gouverneur Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Public documents, relating to the New-York canals, which are to connect the western and northern lakes, with the Atlantic Ocean; with an introduction. (W. A. Mercein, printer, 1821), by New York Corresponding Association for the Promotion of Internal Improvements (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the state convention, held at Rochester, January 19th, 1870, to consider measures for reforming the management and improving the trade of the New-York state canals. (G. F. Nesbitt & co., printers, 1870), by Commercial Union of the State of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York - the canal state; the story of America's great water route from the lakes to the sea, builder of east and west, with a discussion of the St. Lawrence Treaty (Argus Press, 1937), by Francis P. Kimball (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great lakes-Hudson river waterway. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1934), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the rise, progress, and existing condition of the western canals in the state of New-York, from September 1788, to ... 1819. Together with the rise, progress, and existing state of modern agricultural societies, on the Berkshire system, from 1807, to the establishment of the Board of agriculture in the state of New-York, January 10, 1820. (D. Steele, 1820), by Elkanah Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report upon the finances and internal improvements of the state of New-York. 1838. (by John S. Taylor, corner of Park Row and Spruce-Street., 1838), by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Ways and Means, John S. Taylor, Samuel B. Ruggles, and G.F. Hopkins & Son (page images at HathiTrust)
• The barge canal system being constructed by the state of New York. (J.B. Lyon company, printers, 1915), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canal enlargement in New York State. Papers on the barge canal campaign and related topics. (Buffalo historical society, 1909), by N.Y.) Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the New York state conventions for "rescuing the canals from the ruin with which they are threatened": --by exposing and resisting "the railroad conspiracy" for "discrediting the canals, and diminishing their revenues, with a view of bringing them under the hammer":--and adopting measures for counteracting "the ruinous competition with railroads, permitted by the state, and instituted by railroad directors for the express purpose of breaking down the credit of the canals."--... With replies from nominees, of all parties, for state offices, opinions of the New York Chamber of commerce, and statistics and explanations concerning the canal system and the railway operations, in connection with the public rights and revenues, and the agricultural, manufacturing & commercial interests of the state ... (Printed for the Clinton league, by Baker & Godwin, 1859), by Clinton League for Promoting the Completion of the Canal System, Hugh Allen, and Henry O'Reilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rates of toll, canal regulations, and distances on the New-York State canals; as established by the Canal Board, the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, and the Canal Commissioners, and in force on said canals on the 15th March, 1833. (Printed by Croswell, Van Benthuysen and Burt, 1833), by New York (State). Canal Board, New York (State). Canal Commissioners, and New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Canal Commission appointed by the Governor pursuant to chapter 15 of the Laws of 1898, as amended by chapter 327 of the Laws of 1898. Transmitted to the Legislature February 28, 1899. (Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State printers, 1899), by New York (State) Canal Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• The barge canal system being constructed by the state of New York. (J.B. Lyon Co., State printers, 1912), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The barge canal system being constructed by the state of New York. (J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1913), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canals between the Lakes and New York. (The Society, 1901), by American Society of Civil Engineers, George Young Wisner, and Joseph Mayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial on the alluvions or obstructions, at the head of the navigation of the river Hudson : the impossibility of removing them effectually; the practicability of a lateral canal ... for vessels of all descriptions, as the only lasting remedy; with a view of the political advantages of that contemplated improvement, and of the accession of Albany to maritime commerce ... (Printed by I.W. Clark, 1818), by Edmond Charles Genet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Free canals. (Parsons, printers, 1878), by I. I. Hayes, Thomas G. Alvord, and Harvey J. Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)
• Steam on the canals : report made to Hon. Peter Cooper. (Evening Post Steam Presses, 1875), by Hugh McKay and Peter Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pay as you go! : or, The unconstitutionality of the nine million debt bill demonstrated. (W.C. Bryant, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vindication in 1849, of the canal policy of the state of New York, in a letter from Samuel B. Ruggles, to citizens of Rochester ... (Snowdon, printer, 1849), by Samuel B. Ruggles (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of a Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of New-York, on canal navigation by steam. December, 1858. (J.W. Amerman, printer, 1858), by New York Chamber of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Belgian system of cable towing as relating to the use of steam on the canals and the question of cheap transportation. (Weed, Parsons, printers, 1875), by New York Steam Cable Towing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The New York Steam Cable Towing Company. Capital stock, $500,000. First mortgage sinking fund participating gold bonds. (Weed, Parsons, printers, 1873), by New York Steam Cable Towing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prospectus. (Weed, Parsons, printers, 1872), by New York Steam Cable Towing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The physical and financial status of the Erie Canal hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, August 17, 1978. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the national commercial convention to consider the question of increased transportation facilities from the West to the seaboard, held in Detroit, December 15th [i.e. 13th] 1871 (The Daily post book and job printing establishment, 1872), by Mich.) National Commercial Convention (1871 : Detroit (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of the New York state canals (J.B. Lyon company, printers, 1916), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor and Frank Martin Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report. (Albany., 1800), by New York. State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Commerce of the Lakes. A brief sketch of the commerce of the great northern and western lakes for a series of years; to which is added, an account of the business done through Buffalo on the Erie canal, for the years 1845 and 1846. Also, remarks as to the true canal policy of the state of New-York. (Press of Jewett, Thomas, 1847), by James L. Barton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Board of conference relative to the proposed waterway between Gravesend and Jamaica bays. (J.B. Lyon company, printers, 1920), by New York (State). Gravesend and Jamaica Bay Waterways Board and Frank Martin Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report. (Albany, 1900), by New York (State) Committee on Canals (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pocket edition of lists of spirit levels and bench marks along New York State canals. : From Annual report for 1901 of Edward A. Bond, State Engineer and Surveyor. (New York State, State Engineer and Surveyor, 1902), by Wm. B. Landreth, Edward A. Bond, and New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circular letter of May 1, 1899 and answers thereto : Proceedings of Committee on Canals of New York State at Buffalo, N.Y., June 14, 1899. (Unz & Co., 1899), by New York (State). Committee on Canals of New York State (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ship channel between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Report of the Canal Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo, N.Y. ... ([Buffalo, 1917), by Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce. Canal Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee on Canals : on so much of the Governor's message as relates to completion of the state canals. Made to the Assembly, March 13, 1851. (C. Van Benthuysen, 1851), by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Canals (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laws and regulations for the improvement of the Erie, Oswego and Champlain canals : under chapter 147, laws of 1903, known as the barge canal improvement (s.n., 1910), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York Barge Canal - State Engineer & Surveyor - 1918 (J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1919), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Minutes and correspondence of the Committee on canals of New York State ... (New York, 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary examination for a ship canal from the Great Lakes to the navigable waters of the Hudson River : letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers together with copy of a report with illustrations from Major Thomas W. Symons, Corps of Engineers. relating to a proposed ship canal from the Great Lakes to the Hudson River (Government Printing Office, 1897), by United States War Department and United States House of Representatives (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief topographical & statistical manual of the state of New-York: exhibiting the situation and boundaries of the several counties ... and designating the principal places and the seat of the courts ... (Pub. by J. Frary, State-street, 1811), by Sterling Goodenow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of Samuel B. Ruggles, commissioner appointed by the governor of the state of New York, under the concurrent resolution of the Legislature, of April 22, 1862, in respect to the enlargement of the canals for national purposes. Transmitted by the governor to the Legislature, April 8th 1863. (Comstock & Cassidy, printers, 1863), by New York (State). Commissioner on Enlargement of Canals for National Purposes and Samuel B. Ruggles (page images at HathiTrust)
• The proposed ship canal between Philadelphia and New York (via Trenton) ([New York] : [New York Board of Trade and Transportation], [1892], 1892), by Erastus Wiman, Thomas Martindale, Lewis M. Haupt, and New York Board of Trade and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Canal Investigating Commission. ([s.n.], 1876), by New York (State). Canal Investigating Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Miscellaneous publications (Printed for the Clinton League, 1859), by Clinton League for Promoting the Completion of the Canal System, Hugh Allen, and Henry O'Reilly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lake Ontario harbors for canal commerce. ([Oswego? N.Y., 1902), by William Pierson Judson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the location and expense of a ship canal around Niagara Falls : also, from the Illinois River to Lake Michigan : with a report of a select committee to the Assembly, April 14, 1834, relating to the connection from Oswego to the Hudson. (Office of the Railroad Journal, 1834), by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly and New York Chamber of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marco Paul's travels and adventures in the pursuit of knowledge. Erie canal. (Benjamin B. Mussey, 1845), by Jacob Abbott (page images at HathiTrust)
• The traveller's guide through the state of New York, Canada, &c : embracing a general discription of the city of New-York; the Hudson river guide, and the fashionable tour to the Springs and Niagara falls; with steam-boat, rail-road, and stage routes; accompanied by correct maps. (J. Disturnell, 1836), by John Disturnell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Select committee appointed by the Senate to investigate into the management of the canals of the state of New York, and the official conduct of persons now or heretofore connected therewith; and the conduct of persons comprising the canal contrating board. Transmitted to the Legislature January 22, 1868. (Printing house of C. Van Benthuysen & sons, 1868), by New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Select Committee to Investigate into the Management of the Canals of the State of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report of J.A. Bensel, State Engineer and Surveyor (J.B. Lyon Co., printers, 1914), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• No. 190. In Assembly, March 5, 1862 (s.n.], 1862), by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Canals (1840- ) (page images at HathiTrust)
• No. 37. In Senate, February 27, 1867. (Van Benthuysen & Sons', Legislative Printers, 1867), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor and J. P. Goodsell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ship canal from the Hudson River to Lake Champlain : speech of Hon. Smith M. Weed, of Clinton, in favor of the bill to provide for the construction of a ship canal from the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, in Assembly, April 15th, 1873. (Argus Company, printers, 1873), by Smith Mead Weed (page images at HathiTrust)
• Black River Canal Committee report 1831 ([s.n.], 1831), by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Canals and Internal Improvements (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee on Canals, on the bill to provide for the enlargement of the Erie, Oswego and Champlain Canals : so as to admit the passage of gunboats and vessels of war. (Steam Press of Charles van Benthuysen, 1862), by New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Canals (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee on Canals and Internal Improvements, on the petitions of John C. Petibone, Asa C. Huntington and others ([s.n.], 1838), by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Canals and Internal Improvements (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Canal Commissioners on the Chemung and Crooked Lake Canals (s.n., 1830), by New York (State). Canal Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unlocking the past for New York's future. (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, 1996), by United States Office of Community Planning and Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report. (Albany, 1851), by New York (State). Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the commissioners of the state of New York on the canals from Lake Erie to the Hudson River and from Lake Champlain to the same (T. & W. Mercein, printers [etc.], 1817), by New York (State). Canal Commissioners and New York (State) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Thousand-ton barge improvement (Canal Improvement State Committee, 1900), by Canal Improvement State Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York state canal system. (Commissioner of Canals and Waterways?, 1936), by New York (State). Dept. of Public Works. Division of Canals and Waterways (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report of the Select Committee of the Assembly of 1846 : upon the investigation of frauds in the expenditures of the public moneys upon the canals of the state of New York : communicated to the Legislature on the 17th day of February, 1847. (C. Van Benthuysen, 1847), by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Select committee on investigation of frauds in expenditures of public moneys upon canals and Sidney Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the State Convention held at Rochester, January 19th, 1870 (George F. Nesbitt & Co., printers and stationers, 1870), by N.Y.) Commercial Union of the State of New York. State Canal Convention (1870 : Rochester (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Select committee appointed by the Senate to investigate into the management of the canals of the state of New York, and the official conduct of persons now or heretofore connected therewith; and the conduct of persons comprising the canal contrating board. Transmitted to the Legislature January 22, 1868. (Printing house of C. Van Benthuysen & sons, 1868), by New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Select Committee to Investigate into the Management of the Canals of the State of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laws, regulations, rates of toll, and names of the principal places, with their distances from each other of the New-York state canals, as established by the Canal Board and in force on said canals May, 1850. (Weed, Parsons & Co., 1850), by New York (State) and Parsons & Co Weed (page images at HathiTrust)
• Closing the canal locks on the Sabbath : remarks (s.n., 1859), by John C. Mather (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York canal tolls. (s.n., 1865), by Joseph Aspinall and Nathaniel S. Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Niagara Ship Canal : and Reciprocity : papers written for the Buffalo commercial advertiser (Print. House of Matthews & Warren, 1865), by J. D. Hayes and Israel T. Hatch (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Niagara ship canal : its military and commercial necessity. ([s.n.], 1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the commissioners appointed by the Legislature of New York, on the 8th of March, 1814, for the internal improvement of the state. (s.n., 1814), by New York (State). Commissioners for the Internal Improvement of the State, Seymour B. Durst, Robert Fulton, and Gouverneur Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of Messrs. Benj. Wright and J. L. Sullivan, engineers, engaged in the survey of the route of the proposed canal (Printed by John Young ..., 1824), by Benjamin Wright, Joseph Yeager, John L. Sullivan, Pennsylvania, and New York (State) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the investigation and study of the route of the improved Erie canal between the cities of Tonawanda and Buffalo. Transmitted to the Legislature March 6, 1918. (J.B. Lyon company, printers, 1918), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor and New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee on Roads and Canals on the petition of the Harlaem River Canal Company, together with affidavits relating to the same. (Printed by order of the Common Council, 1839), by New York (State). Committee on Roads and Canals and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Engineers' report on the Niagara ship canal made to the Commissioners appointed by the Legislature of New York (Baker, Godwin & co., book and job printers, 1854), by Charles B. Stuart, Edward W. Serrell, and New York (State). Commissioners of the Niagara Ship Canal Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• From the west and northwest to the sea, by way of the Niagara ship canal. ([s.n.] , 1890), by William Pierson Judson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Hudson River outlet from the Erie Canal to the sea : an address (s.n., 1907), by William B. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to the Honorable Brockholst Livingston, Esq. : one of the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, on the lake canal policy of the state of New York : with a supplement, and additional documents. (Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1822), by Robert Troup and Brockholst Livingston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Mr. Dayan, in favor the the Black River Canal. (s.n., 1836), by Charles Dayan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Erie Canal the question of the origin of the Erie Canal : considered in reference to Gouverneur Morris, Joshua Forman, James Geddes and Jesse Hawley : a paper read before the Buffalo Historical Society, July 9th, 1872 (s.n., 1872), by Merwin S. Hawley (page images at HathiTrust)
• A statement relating to the internal commerce of the country, its trade and traffic (s.n.], 1870), by John B. Mills (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on the enlargement of the Erie Canal with arguments in favor of retaining the present proposed size of seventy feet by seven, and for its entire length from Albany to Buffalo without any diminution (s.n.], 1840), by Jesse Hawley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rival routes from the West an extract from the report of Alexander Berkley [i.e. Barkley], canal commissioner of the State of New York, March, 1875. (s.n., 1875), by Alexander Barkley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the commissioners appointed by joint resolutions of the Honourable the Senate and Assembly of the state of New-York of the 13th and 15th of March, 1810 to explore the route of an inland navigation from Hudson's River to Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. (Printed for Prior and Dunning, ..., Southwick and Pelsue, printers, 1811) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The canal system of New York State (Trenton Courier, 1904), by Trenton Courier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An historical review of waterways and canal construction in New York state (Buffalo Historical Society, 1908), by Henry Wayland Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ohio canals. (The Springfield publishing company, state printers, 1910), by Ohio State Library and C. B. Galbreath (page images at HathiTrust)
• Minutes and correspondence. (New York, 1900), by New York (State). Committee on Canals of New York State (page images at HathiTrust)
• Barge canal from the Hudson River to the Great Lakes (J. B. Lyon, 1901), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee on Canals of New York State 1899 (New York, 1900), by New York (State). Committee on Canals and F. V. Greene (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief topographical and statistical manual of the state of New-York; exhibiting the situation and boundaries of the several counties ... and designating the principal places and the seat of the courts ... (Published by E. Bliss and E. White ..., 1822), by Sterling Goodenow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of the Hon. James E. Cooley before the Democracy of Syracuse : in mass meeting assembled, on Tuesday evening, November 1, 1853. (John F. Trow, Printer, 1853), by James Ewing Cooley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Committee on Canals of New York State : transmitted to the Legislature January 25, 1900. (J.B. Lyon, 1900), by New York (State). Committee on Canals of New York State (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canal regulations adopted by the Canal Board of the state of New-York April 6, 1857. (Weed, Parson & Co., printers, 1857), by N.Y.S. Barge Canal Planning & Development Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• The annual report of the canal commissioners of the state of New-York, : presented to the Legislature, the 24th February, 1823. (Printed by Cantine & Leake, printers to the state., 1823), by New York (State). Canal Commissioners, Samuel Young, Seymour B. Durst, Cantine & Leake, and New York (State). Legislature (page images at HathiTrust)
• Annual report of the Canal Commissioners, communicated to the Legislature, February 18, 1820. (Printed by Websters and Skinners,, 1820), by New York (State). Canal Commissioners, Ralph Rawdon, DeWitt Clinton, James Geddes, Seymour B. Durst, Websters and Skinners, and New York (State). Legislature (page images at HathiTrust)
• Testimony given before the Assembly Canal Committee, in reference to an act to introduce without expense to the State, an improved system of towage upon the canals by a railway, to be constructed subsidiary thereto (s.n., 1879), by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Canals and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Canal Board, in answer to resolutions of the Assembly respecting the canal debts and revenues, and the enlargement of the Erie Canal, etc. -- ([Albany, 1840), by New York (State). Canal Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• The report of a committee appointed to explore the western waters in the state of New York. (Printed by Barber and Southwick, 1792), by Western Inland Lock Navigation Company and Seymour B. Durst (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York State finances and canals : speech of Hon. Samuel J. Tilden in the Constitutional Convention on the 11th Sept., 1867. (John Polhemus, Printer, 1874), by Samuel J. Tilden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great Sodus Bay, and the Sodus Canal. (Printed by Alfred Mudge, 1852), by Sodus Canal Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Canal Board in relation to the capacity of the Erie Canal to pass boats eastward, in answer to resolution of constitutional convention, passed November 25 : in Convention, December 20, 1867. ([Albany, New York?], [publisher not identified], [1867], 1867), by New York (State). Canal Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• The state barge canal ... (New York Sun, 1914), by New York Chamber of Commerce (Queens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of State engineer and surveyor J. A. Bensel on surveys of Black River canal extension, Chemung canal reconstruction, Glens Falls feeder conversion, Flushing River and Jamaica Bay canal construction, as directed by chapter 220, Laws of 1913. (J.B. Lyon company, printers, 1914), by New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor and John Anderson Bensel (page images at HathiTrust)
• New York state canal system. (State of New York Department of Public Works, Division of Canals and Waterways, 1939), by New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Address to the public by the Lackawaxen Coal Mine and Navigation Company, relative to the proposed canal from the Hudson to the head waters of the Lackawaxen River. (Printed by Wm. Grattan ..., 1824), by Lackawaxen Coal Mine and Navigation Company, Charles Herman Ruggles, Abraham Cantine, DeWitt Clinton, and New York (State) (page images at HathiTrust)
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