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City Surveyor's Specifications

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Unique IDAS-0901Start dateBetween 1st January 1865 and 1st January 1927Start date qualifiercircaFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionThis series comprises the City Surveyor's office copies of specifications drawn up for the provision of goods and services by outside bodies from 1865 to 1927.

The volumes are indexed alphabetically by subject or street name at the front of each volume. Most of the volumes are letter books, and copies of some of the specifications appear in CRS 900, City Surveyor's Contracts, 1868 to 1956.

Sometimes a linen plan, blueprint or coloured plan is included with the specification.

Part of the first volume, which covers 1865 to 1867, has a numbering system for the specifications which runs from 302 to 350. However, the numbering covers only half of the specifications. From 1879 to 1911 the specifications are given a annual single number which corresponds to the contract numbers in CRS 900.

Most of the specifications were for roadworks and other activities associated with the work of the City Surveyor's Department. This includes: constructing a dam at Botany, steps at Circular Quay, erecting fences and retaining walls, lighting the new fruit markets, iron frame work for the new Town Hall, work at the Gentlemens' Baths at Woolloomooloo, laying pavements, and supplying blue metal and woodblocks.

Item 10 contains contracts that were let yearly for goods needed on a continuing basis, such as coal and woodblocks. Item 11 contains miscellaneous specifications, including preparation of the assessment books in 1888, supply of water carts, the superstructure of the Queen Victoria Building, and supply of pea gravel. A copy of the index to this volume is attached.

Start Date: 01/01/1865
End Date: 01/01/1927Relationship summaryCREATED BY: City Surveyors Department AG-0087 (01/01/1890 to 01/01/1925) CREATED BY: City Engineer and City Surveyors Department I AG-0086 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1890) RELATED TO: Pyrmont Destructor Plans drawn by Contractors Messrs. Hughes and Sterling AS-0417 RELATED TO: Drainage plans AS-0978 (c. 01/01/1865 to by 01/01/1886) RELATED TO: Contractual arrangements for the supply of goods and services AY-77 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1927) RELATED TO: Construction and repair of bridges, overpasses and tunnels AY-49 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1927) RELATED TO: Road construction and maintenance AY-47 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1927) RELATED TO: Provision and management of public toilets AY-39 (01/01/1900 to 01/01/1927) RELATED TO: Disposal of waste by punting, tipping or destruction AY-8 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1927) RELATED TO: Removal of waste from streets, public places and premises AY-5 (01/01/1865 to 01/01/1927) RELATED TO: Construction and maintenance of buildings and structures AY-1 (01/01/1869 to 01/01/1927) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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