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Alignment and Realignment Plans, 1887-1968

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Unique IDAS-0520DateBetween 1st January 1887 and 1st January 1968Date qualifiercircaFormatPlanDescriptionAlignment and realignment plans record the approved aligned width of streets and lanes as proclaimed by Council.

The approved plan includes the dimension of the road, building lines and property boundaries thus clearly establishing Council's responsibilities. Once the plan is drawn with Council and the Lands Department approve or proclaim the alignment and assign a control number.

The majority of alignment plans date to the 1880s and they are now only created if a road is extended. No Council plans have been created since 1968. The plans are used on a daily basis in the Department and cannot be adequately microfilmed because information is usually colour coded. However in some cases Council has in custody an original tracing and an original drawing (taken from that tracing and then annotated), in these cases one copy will come to the Archives.

The plans are arranged numerically - all are assigned an S3A prefix followed by a plan number and consecutive sheet number. A new plan number is assigned to each job (street/part of street) and subsequent drawings for that job are assigned a street number e.g. S3A-165/1, S3A-165/2. The series is controlled by CRS 504, Street Index Cards. Access may be gained through street names or ward names where applicable.

When the Council of the City of South Sydney was created this series of plans was split and all Alignment plans relating to South Sydney were transferred from the City plans room. Every alignment/realignment plan created by the City of Sydney Council after 1988 will be assigned an S3A-177 prefix followed by a consecutive sheet number.

Information recorded on the plans includes street, estate names, existing and correct widths, approval signatures and dates. Some plans include reference notes which record footway, carriageway and total widths, book and page numbers (presumably sketch book numbers).
Relationship summaryCONTROLLED BY: City Engineers Plans Register AS-1090 (c. 01/01/1887 to 01/01/1968)
CREATED BY: Street Index Cards AS-0504 (01/01/1887 to 01/01/1968)
CREATED BY: City Engineers Department I AG-0005 (01/01/1936 to 01/01/1968)
CREATED BY: City Engineering and Building Surveyors Department AG-0061 (01/01/1928 to 01/01/1936)
CREATED BY: City Engineer and City Surveyors Department II AG-0088 (01/01/1925 to 01/01/1928)
CREATED BY: City Surveyors Department AG-0087 (01/01/1890 to 01/01/1925)
CREATED BY: City Engineer and City Surveyors Department I AG-0086 (01/01/1887 to 01/01/1890) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Alignments Register, 1834-1974 [Municipal Council of Sydney / City of Sydney]

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Controlled by seriesStreet Index Cards, 1856-1994City Engineers Plans RegisterCreating agenciesCity Engineer and City Surveyor's Department ICity Surveyor's DepartmentCity Engineer and City Surveyor's Department IICity Engineering and Building Surveyor's DepartmentCity Engineer's Department I

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Alignment and Realignment Plans, 1887-1968