Lackawaxen Canal Survey Profiles
name: label: Compiler
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
place: label: Place
content: Honesdale (Pa.)
label: Place
content: Kingston (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology -- state archaeological surveys
label: Topic
content: Canals
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Acquired prior to 1976; immediate source of acquisition unknown.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lackawaxen Canal Survey Profiles
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection primarily consists of survey profiles for the Lackawaxen canal area in Pennsylvania and New York during the 1880s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882-1889, 1986
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in February 2022.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1546
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Profiles
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 2023. Finding aid encoded by Audrey Willius, intern, 2023.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 1890-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Profiles
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection consists of six rolled drawings with continuous profile of the Lackawaxen Canal from New York to Pennsylvania. Among the material is also an estimate for Lackawaxen and Delaware River lines dating from the 1880s and prepared by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's Railroad Department. In addition, a Society for Industrial Archeology 1986 newsletter is also included in the collection.  Materials are arranged in chronological order.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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