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- River Manager, Naburn Lock; ?-?
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Appointed by York Corporation as Ouse Navigation Trustees.
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The documents are records kept by the river manager, appointed by York Corporation as Ouse Navigation trustees, together with plans and diagrams, and some photographs which were originally framed and hung in Naburn Lock Banqueting Hall.
The river manager, who was also an engineer, was responsible for the maintenance of the river bed, banks, locks and wharfs, and supervised river traffic and the collection of dues at Naburn Lock. The Navigation's dredgers and two or three tugs for towing barges were under his control. Records of water levels and soundings were kept. paper of the canal boat inspector and records of the registration of canal boats working on the Navigation were found with the records.
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Appointed by York Corporation as Ouse Navigation Trustees.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa