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Royal George Finch (August 17, 1884 in Eagle Bridge, Rensselaer County, New York – March 4, 1959 in Albany, New York) was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was the last New York State Engineer and Surveyor, in office from 1925 to 1926.
canals, as referenced by Roy Finch, was written in 1925 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Erie Canal. Mr. Finch was employed with the New York State Engineer and Surveyor, a defunct governmental agency that managed the Canal System from the 1850’s to the mid-1900’s. He was intrigued by the canals and, in celebration of the ...
Information from The Story of the New York State Canals by Roy G. Finch, State Engineer and Surveyor published in Albany in 1925. The original Erie Canal was begun in 1817 and completed in 1825. The canal's enlargement to 7-foot draft was completed in 1862.
historical and commercial information / Roy G. Finch (Albany : J. B. Lyon Co., 1925)
The New York State Engineer and Surveyor was a state cabinet officer in the State of New York between 1848 and 1926.
The Erie Canal had an enormous impact on New York and America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The construction and history of the Erie Canal was recorded in many books, pamphlets and magazine articles. For a brief history, see Little Short of Madness.
Roy G. Finch, The Story of the New York State Canals: Historical and Commercial Information, State of New York, 1925, reissued by the New York State Canal Corporation, 1998, www.canals.ny.gov/history/finch_history.pdf .
