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ICPR > State Archives > Collections > Internal Improvements Projects: Contracts for Canal Structures Internal Improvements Projects: Contracts for Canal Structures

Organized by item number, date, canal, division and structure type/description.

Canal abbreviations: CC = Cross cut, CE = Central, WE = Wabash & Erie, WW = Whitewater.

No. Date Canal Division Structure type
71 11/17/36 CC Eel River Feeder Eel River Dam
77 10/17/36 CC Eel River Feeder Eel River Dam
71 11/17/36 CC Eel River Feeder Guard lock
77 10/17/36 CC Eel River Feeder Guard lock
19 05/05/37 CC West of the summit Lock 4
30 05/07/37 CC West of the summit Lock 4
14 02/18/47 CE Indianapolis Division Fall Creek Aqueduct
4 02/18/47 CE Indianapolis Division Lock 1 (guard lock)
5 02/18/47 CE Indianapolis Division Lock 1 (guard lock)
10 02/18/47 CE Indianapolis Division Towing path breach
11 02/18/47 CE Indianapolis Division Towing path breach
6 02/18/47 CE Indianapolis Division Towing path breach
7 02/18/47 CE Indianapolis Division Towing path breach
8 02/18/47 CE Indianapolis Division Towing path breach
9 02/18/47 CE Indianapolis Division Towing path breach
3 05/27/37 CE Pigeon Creek Feeder Dam 1
3 05/27/37 CE Pigeon Creek Feeder Dam 1 Guard Bank
237 08/08/48 WE    
353 01/18/48 WE    
376 11/01/55 WE   Aqueduct
475 08/07/47 WE   Aqueduct
11 03/18/37 WE    
27 05/22/37 WE   Bridge
195 07/31/34 WE   Bridge
423 04/01/52 WE   Bridge
501 11/28/38 WE   Bridge
529 11/28/38 WE   Bridge
217 01/01/50 WE   Canal bridge
8 02/25/50 WE   Road bridge
423 04/01/52 WE   Road bridge
423 04/01/52 WE   Road bridge
479 11/13/47 WE   Road bridge
610 07/31/34 WE   Road bridge
706 07/17/38 WE   Road bridge
754 05/06/34 WE   Road bridge
299 06/15/37 WE   Wooden culvert
215 05/06/34 WE   Dam
7 07/28/49 WE   Bridge embankment
29 08/26/36 WE   Guard lock
216 08/26/36 WE   Guard lock
331 08/26/36 WE   Guard lock
147 07/17/38 WE   Guard lock and towpath
497 12/01/51 WE   Kites' Lock
605 04/12/49 WE   Lock
690 08/26/36 WE   Lock
754 05/06/34 WE   Lock
767 08/26/36 WE   Lock
512 07/31/34 WE   Lock 13
391 07/31/34 WE   Lock 17
111 11/20/50 WE   Lock 18
434 07/01/49 WE   Lock 18
485 12/15/48 WE   Locks
421 10/01/52 WE   Repair boat
643 10/24/52 WE   Repair boat
687 02/10/57 WE   Repair boat
688 01/30/57 WE   Repair boat
698 01/30/37 WE   Repair boat
699 01/30/37 WE   Repair boat
432 11/01/50 WE   Repair boats
433 11/01/51 WE   Repair boats
616 04/24/50 WE   Repair boats
92 06/01/49 WE   Waste weir, near Lock 17
309 10/15/49 WE   Waste Weir
423 04/01/52 WE   Waste weir
47 09/01/51 WE Aboite River, site of Road bridge
211 04/01/56 WE Americus Americus Bridge
214 04/01/56 WE Americus Americus Bridge
393 06/20/56 WE Attica Bridge - Wilson's
394 06/20/56 WE Attica Bridge - Wilson's
731 06/01/53 WE Attica Canal bridge - Veder's
95 09/17/52 WE Attica Worthington's Warehouse
101 08/31/52 WE Attica Attica Lock
102 12/01/52 WE Attica Attica Lock gates
631 01/07/52 WE Attica Dredging the canal
524 02/19/53 WE Attica Waste gates
525 02/19/53 WE Attica Waste gates
384 09/12/50 WE Attica  
94 08/01/58 WE Becket Run  
93 08/01/58 WE Becket Run Wooden culvert
539 06/09/56 WE Birch Creek Birch Creek Reservoir
495 08/09/53 WE Birch Creek Reservoir
757 05/25/55 WE Birch Creek Reservoir embankment
758 05/25/55 WE Birch Creek Reservoir embankment
576 02/05/55 WE Birch Creek Reservoir  
659 03/06/41 WE Birmingham Bluffs Towing path stone
661 05/06/41 WE Birmingham Bluffs Towing path stone
664 03/06/41 WE Birmingham Bluffs Towing path stone
400 01/15/58 WE Brookston/Chalmers Dirt cart
106 04/28/48 WE Brown's house, near Road bridge
225 06/28/55 WE Buck Creek Buck Creek Reservoir
114 08/20/51 WE Bull Creek Bull Creek Aqueduct
262 11/01/54 WE Carrollton Canal bridge
264 11/01/54 WE Carrollton Canal bridge
304 02/02/52 WE Carrollton Lock
297 12/18/52 WE Carrollton Lock 31
612 01/16/52 WE Carrollton Lower lock
744 06/20/52 WE Carrollton Upper lock
65 04/23/50 WE Carrollton Stone pier at Carrolton
534 07/20/49 WE Carrollton Towing path embankment
608 05/20/59 WE Central Division Newberry to White River
113 05/03/51 WE Clear Creek Clear Creek Dam
201 11/24/52 WE Clinton, south of  
202 11/24/52 WE Clinton, south of  
349 12/06/47 WE Coal Creek Guard Bank 1
354 12/06/47 WE Coal Creek Guard Bank 1
637 12/04/47 WE Coal Creek Guard bank
638 12/04/47 WE Coal Creek Guard bank
639 12/04/47 WE Coal Creek Guard bank
575 08/09/47 WE Coal Creek Coal Creek Dam - Guard
680 07/01/48 WE Coal Creek Coal Creek Dam - Guard
536 02/01/51 WE Covington Danville Plank Rd. Bridge
543 05/15/52 WE Covington Road bridge
546 10/01/52 WE Covington Road bridge
547 10/01/52 WE Covington Road bridge
316 06/21/52 WE Covington Suspension bridge at
355 11/01/49 WE Covington Drainage ditches
542 02/01/50 WE Covington Lock gates
642 01/22/56 WE Covington Upper Gates, Covington
537 09/20/51 WE Covington Wooden crib lock
292 01/18/48 WE Crooked Creek Crooked Creek Aqueduct
455 01/20/53 WE Daviess Co. Prairie Creek Aqueduct
166 01/20/53 WE Daviess Co. Embankment - breach
167 02/01/53 WE Daviess Co. Embankment - breach
544 01/20/53 WE Daviess Co. Repair of breach
342 02/10/53 WE Daviess Co. Section 162
289 12/12/53 WE Deer Creek Towing path bridge
18 02/21/48 WE Deer Creek Dam repairs
470 05/01/50 WE Deer Creek Deer Creek
712 08/01/50 WE Deer Creek Deer Creek Dam
648 10/14/50 WE Deer Creek Deer Creek Dam abutment
287 07/01/54 WE Deer Creek Deer Creek Guard Lock
650 12/07/47 WE Deer Creek Guard lock
648 10/14/50 WE Deer Creek Lower lock
9 09/01/49 WE Delphi Bridge - Boles' Warehouse
9 12/01/49 WE Delphi Bridge - Red Warehouse
18 02/21/48 WE Delphi Dam repairs
395 06/24/50 WE Delphi Wabash Dam 4
514 08/10/39 WE Delphi Wabash Dam 4
711 06/05/49 WE Delphi Wabash Dam 4
288 04/19/53 WE Delphi Delphi Lock gates
290 05/07/56 WE Delphi Guard gates
648 10/14/50 WE Delphi Lift lock
490 05/11/52 WE Delphi  
660 05/01/42 WE Delphi Mill race
663 11/20/38 WE Delphi Wabash Dam 4 - Mill race
665 11/20/38 WE Delphi Wabash Dam 4 - Mill race
399 10/10/54 WE District 1 Repair boat
413 05/01/56 WE District 3 Lock gates
414 05/01/56 WE District 3 Lock gates
523 09/01/54 WE Districts 1 & 2 Repair boats.
197 08/30/34 WE East  
31 07/05/52 WE Eel River  
32 07/05/52 WE Eel River  
656 04/01/58 WE Eel River Eel River Aqueduct
320 12/06/47 WE Eel River Eel River Feeder Dam
203 01/01/49 WE Flint Creek Flint Creek Aqueduct
250 02/16/55 WE Flint Creek Canal bridge
253 02/18/55 WE Flint Creek Canal bridge
339 03/10/51 WE Ft. Wayne Barr St. Bridge
196 07/01/48 WE Ft. Wayne Columbia Rd. Bridge
196 07/01/48 WE Ft. Wayne Lima Rd. Bridge
188 08/10/49 WE Ft. Wayne Lock 1
363 08/10/49 WE Ft. Wayne Lock 2
260 12/11/50 WE Georgetown - Bridge 38
654 01/06/63 WE Gibson Co. Reservoir  
629 12/22/53 WE Green (?) Lock 23
193 10/20/47 WE Huntington Huntington locks - wooden
98 11/01/53 WE Huntington Lock
396 05/06/34 WE Huntington Lock 11
473 05/06/34 WE Huntington Lock 6
2 07/31/34 WE Huntington Lock 7
99 07/01/52 WE Huntington Locks 8, 9 and 11
207 05/06/34 WE Huntington Locks 9 and 10
110 08/10/49 WE Huntington Lower Huntington Locks
236 02/19/50 WE Huntington Huntington
407 10/10/51 WE Independence Landing State road bridge
420 09/02/52 WE Lafayette Change Bridge
249 09/01/53 WE Lafayette Columbia St. Bridge
249 09/01/53 WE Lafayette Ferry St. Bridge
714 04/20/50 WE Lafayette Hull & Spencer's Bridge
460 05/17/52 WE Lafayette South St. Bridge
235 01/03/50 WE Lagro Canal bridge
474 07/31/34 WE Lagro Lock 14
672 07/31/34 WE Lagro Lock gate 15
340 06/01/49 WE Lagro Guard bank
254 06/01/49 WE Lagro Towing path
329 01/14/48 WE Lewisburg Lewisburg Lock
677 12/13/47 WE Lewisburg Lewisburg Lock
259 12/09/47 WE Lewisburg Wooden frame lock
297 12/18/52 WE Lockport Lock 30
553 06/01/52 WE Lockport Lock 30
632 12/21/52 WE Lockport Lock 30
296 12/18/52 WE Locks 24-32 Lock gates
333 12/29/52 WE Lodi Canal Bridge
569 08/17/52 WE Lodi Drainage ditch
404 06/24/51 WE Logansport Broadway Bridge
403 11/17/49 WE Logansport Market St. Bridge
401 02/28/53 WE Logansport North Street Bridge
328 08/26/36 WE Logansport Lock 24
356 08/26/36 WE Logansport Lock 25
562 11/07/55 WE Logansport Lock 25
563 12/04/50 WE Logansport Lock 25
108 11/20/50 WE Miami Co. Lock gates
515 05/01/33 WE Middle Division Lock
527 05/18/33 WE Middle Division, Lock 4
251 05/10/55 WE Montezuma Towing path
252 05/10/55 WE Montezuma Towing path
648 10/14/50 WE Paragon Wabash guard lock
488 08/20/51 WE Paragon
463 06/17/49 WE Paragon Paragon guard lock
545 10/22/52 WE Perryville Two road bridges
140 07/01/54 WE Perryville Perrysville Lock
540 04/01/49 WE Perryville Guard gates
550 01/22/56 WE Perryville Lock gates
538 05/31/52 WE Perryville Wooden crib lock
482 07/01/54 WE Perryville Perrysville lock
189 01/13/51 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3 - Towing
21 12/28/47 WE Peru Peru Feeder Dam
255 08/10/47 WE Peru Peru Feeder Dam
256 08/10/47 WE Peru Peru Feeder Dam
726 08/17/47 WE Peru Peru Feeder Dam
727 08/17/47 WE Peru Peru Feeder Dam
16 08/14/47 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3
17 08/14/47 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3
186 04/19/49 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3
100 08/26/44 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3 - Water mill
618 07/31/34 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3 and feeder
11 03/18/37 WE Peru Lock 21
502 11/07/48 WE Peru Lock 21
503 10/18/48 WE Peru Lock 5
507 11/10/55 WE Peru Lower Peru Lock
121 07/01/56 WE Peru Lower lock
122 07/01/56 WE Peru Lower lock
20 12/13/47 WE Peru Miller's Lock (21)
467 12/20/51 WE Peru Miller's Lock (21)
720 12/20/48 WE Peru Miller's Lock (21)
716 11/10/55 WE Peru Peru Locks
30 11/10/55 WE Peru Peru locks
228 11/10/55 WE Peru Upper Peru Lock
189 01/13/51 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3 - Lock 20
352 06/01/44 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3
769 01/02/37 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3
774 09/09/43 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3
127 08/01/49 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3 - Water mill
589 09/04/43 WE Peru Wabash Dam 3 Watermill
602 03/04/45 WE Peru Water mill, Lock 16
15 03/01/48 WE Peru Miller's Lock
15 03/01/48 WE Peru Peru Feeder
430 03/20/49 WE Peru Tow path
423 04/01/52 WE Petersburg Division Double track bridge
170 03/11/54 WE Petersburg Division Embankment - breach
487 03/13/54 WE Petersburg Division Section break
175 04/01/56 WE Pittsburg Mill Race Bridge
174 04/01/56 WE Pittsburg Mill Race bridge
109 07/30/49 WE Pittsburg Pittsburg Dam
378 07/20/49 WE Pittsburg Pittsburg Dam
379 05/30/49 WE Pittsburg Pittsburg Dam
164 05/03/49 WE Pittsburg Pittsburg Feeder Dam
336 08/01/55 WE Pittsburg Wabash Dam
477 04/14/41 WE Pittsburg Wabash Dam 4
478 04/14/41 WE Pittsburg Wabash Dam 4
505 04/14/41 WE Pittsburg Wabash Dam 4
649 05/03/49 WE Pittsburg Wabash Dam 4
652 02/07/49 WE Pittsburg Wabash Dam 4
651 04/06/52 WE Pittsburg Guard lock and gates
334 09/10/52 WE Pittsburg Pittsburg Guard Lock
315 08/20/53 WE Portland Bridge
314 11/24/51 WE Portland Road bridge
735 06/18/56 WE Portland Shawnee Dam
736 06/18/56 WE Portland Shawnee Dam
344 01/10/55 WE Prairie House County Road Bridge
350 01/10/55 WE Prairie House County road bridge
318 10/15/56 WE Shawnee Dam Abutment
686 04/22/54 WE Silver Creek Arched culvert
689 02/01/56 WE Silver Creek Bluff Dredging
542 02/01/50 WE Silver Island Road bridge
176 03/26/59 WE Southern Division Maintenance - Southern
640 06/08/48 WE Southern Division Repairs
715 11/05/32 WE St. Joseph Feeder Aqueduct
734 11/06/32 WE St. Joseph Feeder Road bridge
765 11/06/32 WE St. Joseph Feeder Road bridge
93 08/01/58 WE St. Joseph Feeder Hadsdon culvert
14 11/06/32 WE St. Joseph Feeder St. Joseph Dam
285   WE St. Joseph Feeder St. Joseph Dam
766 09/01/37 WE St. Joseph Feeder St. Joseph Feeder Dam
192 06/01/47 WE St. Joseph Feeder St. Joseph Feeder and Dam
715 11/05/32 WE St. Joseph Feeder Guard lock
319 05/18/76 WE St. Joseph Feeder St. Joseph Dam
112 09/15/51 WE State Line and Canal bridges
112 09/15/51 WE State Line and Lock gates
483 07/01/58 WE Stealys Bridge
484 07/01/58 WE Stealys Bridge
662 07/17/38 WE Steam Boat Canal Steam Boat Lock 1
667 07/17/38 WE Steam Boat Canal Steam Boat Lock 1
26 12/29/53 WE Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Aqueduct
620 01/25/54 WE Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Aqueduct
139 06/01/54 WE Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Aqueduct &
578 09/01/49 WE Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Dam and Guard
579 09/01/49 WE Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Dam and Guard
580 09/01/49 WE Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Dam and Guard
682 06/29/47 WE Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Feeder Dam
773 02/01/57 WE Sugar Creek Sugar Creek Feeder Dam
367 08/21/49 WE Terre Haute First Street Bridge
160 07/03/49 WE Terre Haute Road bridge
696 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute Road bridge
696 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute Lock
721 07/26/62 WE Terre Haute Canal lease to
591 07/06/58 WE Terre Haute Embankment
493 06/25/61 WE Terre Haute Maintenance - to Eel
494 06/25/61 WE Terre Haute Maintenance - to Eel
185 08/10/65 WE Terre Haute Maintenance - to
653 09/06/58 WE Terre Haute Towing path
153 06/01/51 WE Terre Haute Towing path - Terre Haute
596 01/01/58 WE Terre Haute, Station Embankment
37 01/10/53 WE Terre Haute, south of Brick Creek Reservoir
486 11/16/49 WE Terre Haute, south of White River Aqueduct
162 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
163 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
168 07/03/49 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
371 08/10/50 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
491 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
491 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
491 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
510 11/16/49 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
673 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
674 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
675 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
675 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
692 06/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
709 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
730 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
768 07/03/49 WE Terre Haute, south of Road bridge
598 07/03/49 WE Terre Haute, south of Towing path bridge
597 07/03/49 WE Terre Haute, south of Dam
343 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Feeder Dam
261 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Feeder Dam Section
36 05/24/48 WE Terre Haute, south of  
5 07/03/49 WE Terre Haute, south of Lock
6 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Lock
168 07/03/49 WE Terre Haute, south of Lock
184 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Lock
697 01/31/50 WE Terre Haute, south of Lock
162 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Lock gates
673 11/20/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Lock gates
38 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Lock gates & mitre sills
38 05/29/48 WE Terre Haute, south of Lock gates & mitre sills
405 11/13/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Road bridge
476 11/30/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Road bridge
611 08/09/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Road bridge
682 06/29/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Road bridge
682 06/29/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Road bridge
457 12/06/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Coal Creek Dam
461 12/06/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Coal Creek Dam
66 08/09/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Coal Creek Dam, Guard
70 08/09/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Coal Creek Dam, guard
46 08/09/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Lock 7
191 08/09/47 WE Tippecanoe, west of Lock gates and miters
535 12/26/50 WE Vicksburg Lock gates
187 10/21/55 WE Wabash Helms Creek culvert
113 05/03/51 WE Wabash Dam Wabash Dam 1
647 05/06/34 WE Wabash Dam Wabash Dam 1 and feeder
648 10/14/50 WE Wabash Dam Wabash Dam 1 and feeder
48 08/23/38 WE Wabash River Grand Rapids Dam
513 08/23/38 WE Wabash River Grand Rapids Lock
751 11/23/37 WE Wabash River Grand Rapids Lock
108 11/20/50 WE Wabash and Miami Three bridges
145 05/20/52 WE Walker's Bluff Towing path
732 06/01/52 WE Walker's Bluff Towing path
740 06/04/52 WE Walker's Bluff Towing path
741 06/04/52 WE Walker's Bluff Towing path
64 01/01/49 WE Wea Wea feeder embankment
426 05/02/53 WE Wea Locktender's house
504 05/15/52 WE Wea Wea Lock
500 05/28/52 WE Wea Wooden crib lock
347 01/18/48 WE Wea Bluffs Wharf
348 01/18/48 WE Wea Bluffs Wharf
439 03/19/48 WE Westport, Parke Co. Section 97
116 02/08/65 WE White County Conveyance of land
427 07/03/49 WE White River White River Aqueduct
131 05/08/47 WE Wild Cat Creek Road bridge and towing
68 05/08/47 WE Wild Cat Creek Towing path bridge
69 05/08/47 WE Wild Cat Creek Towing path bridge
499 02/26/51 WE Wild Cat Creek Wild Cat Dam
713 05/01/50 WE Wild Cat Creek Wild Cat Dam
246 05/31/49 WE Wild Cat Creek Lower Wild Cat Lock
496 10/14/50 WE Wild Cat Creek Guard lock
496 10/14/50 WE Wild Cat Creek Guard lock
498 09/24/51 WE Wild Cat Creek Guard lock
509 07/01/53 WE Wild Cat Creek Wild Cat Locks
317 08/25/53 WE Williamsport Bridge
91 01/01/49 WE Williamsport Repair of breach
24 04/04/37 WW   Lock 15
24 04/04/37 WW   Lock 16
21 04/04/37 WW   Lock 17
23 04/04/37 WW   Lock 3

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