Collection search - Office of the Chief Engineer of Canals [textual record]

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Office of the Chief Engineer of Canals [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1830-1955

Reference:

R610-170-6-E, RG43-B-IV

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

134587

Context of this record:

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Department of Railways and Canals fonds

Canal Branch

Office of the Chief Engineer of Canals
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Sub-series includes:

8 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1830-1955

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

14.35 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of records acquired and accumulated by the Office of the Chief Engineer of Canals. The records of the Office of the Chief Engineer of Canals are not very extensive, although the surviving indexes and registers indicate that at one time the correspondence was voluminous. However, the letterbooks of outgoing correspondence of successive Chief Engineers from 1873 to 1896 are extant and very valuable.

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Canada. Dept. of Railways and Canals. Office of the Chief Engineer

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Canada. Dept. of Railways and Canals. Office of the Chief Engineer : The Chief Engineer of Canals was primarily concerned with the repair, maintenance and construction of canals under the supervision of the federal government. Until December 1892, the Department of Railways and Canals had two chief engineers, one in the Railway Branch and another in the Canal Branch. These positions were merged and remained combined with the appointment of Collingwood Schreiber in December 1892. RG43 General Inventory

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(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_134587

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Availability of other formats note:

Microfilm copies of much of the material in this sub-series are available on reels T-3474, T-6081 to T-6108, T-6624 to T-6627, T-7222 to T-7226, and T-7326. See sub-sub-series descriptions for more specific information.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government

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RG43-B-IV
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