City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department II

Unique IDAG-0088DescriptionThis Department was responsible for resumptions and re-alignments, roadway construction and reconstruction, footways, maintenance of roads and footways, street drainage, public lighting, traffic and dust problems, and preparation of engineering plans.

From 1890 to 1925 the office of the City Engineer was under the control of CA 87, City Surveyor's Department. In December 1924, City Surveyor Norman Weekes resigned from Council and the Department became known as the City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department. The cleansing function it had administered was taken over by CA 85, City Cleansing Engineer's Department.

The Council was replaced by Commissioners on 1 January 1928. The Commissioners recommended that this Department be amalgamated with other departments to form CA 61, City Engineering and Building Surveyor's Department.CreationResolution of Council 20 January 1925AbolitionResolution of Council 29 August 1928

Series

Acts and Gazettes Book

City Engineers Plans Register

Legal Opinions Books

City Surveyor's Contracts

Description Books

Alignment and Realignment Plans

Plans drawn for/by Government Departments

Linens (Original tracings) - First Series

Street Index Cards

City Surveyors Auction and Sale Lithographs (S7C)

Adopted Level Plans (E1A)

Plans of Garbage Destructors - Unsuccessful Tenders

City Engineer's Road Reconstruction Plans (E1)

Plans of Engineering and Survey Standards (E3)

Town Clerk's Instruction Books

City Engineer's Department Correspondence Files

City Engineer's Miscellaneous Books [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney / South Sydney Council]

Improvements Records Registers [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Footway Paving Registers [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Realignments Register [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Alignments Register [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Register of Surface Records [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Alteration of Names Registers [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

Agency

City Engineering and Building Surveyor's Department

Description

Start date20th January 1925End date29th August 1928Relationship legacy dataPRECEDED BY: City Surveyors Department AG-0087 (20/01/1925)
RELATED TO: Sydney City Council OR-0001 (20/01/1925 to 29/08/1928)
RELATED TO: Traffic management FN-0018 (20/01/1925 to 29/08/1928)
RELATED TO: Streets engineering FN-0016 (20/01/1925 to 29/08/1928)
RELATED TO: Resumptions of land FN-0009 (20/01/1925 to 29/08/1928)
RELATED TO: Streets lighting FN-0008 (20/01/1925 to 29/08/1928)
SUBORDINATE AGENCY: Sydney Streets Opening Conference AG-0138 (20/01/1925 to 29/08/1928)
Source System ID88

Relationships

Preceding agenciesCity Surveyor's DepartmentSubordinate agenciesSydney Streets Opening ConferenceOrganisationSydney City CouncilRelated functionsStreets lightingResumptions of landStreets engineeringTraffic management

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City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department II