RG 079:026, State Harbor Commissioners for New Haven Harbor

Inventory of Records

Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.

Copyright © 2008 by the Connecticut State Library

Historical Note

The State Harbor Commissioners for New Haven Harbor was established in 1872. The Board had responsibility for "the general care and supervision of new Haven harbor and its tide waters, and all of the flats and lands flowed thereby, in order to prevent and remove unauthorized enroachments and causes of every kind which are liable to interfere with the full navigation of said harbor, or in any way injure its channels, or cause any reduction of its tide waters."

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Scope and Content

These records consist solely of meeting minutes. They include the only records of decisions for structures and dredging between the years 1925 and 1957 and the hearing record for changes in 1959 to the U. S. harbor lines at Sandy Point, New Haven Harbor.

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Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.

See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.

Restrictions on Use

See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.

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Administrative Information

Provenance

These records were received from the Department of Environmental Protection Office of Long Island Sound Programs on June 18, 2003.

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