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A unique series of digitized glass plate negatives documenting regional Midlands infrastructure expansion, navvy labour, and early lock construction across the expanding canal network.

Detailed departmental civil engineering cartography and hand-drawn sectional route plans mapping the height profiles, towpaths, and original water supply reservoirs.

State heritage registers tracking contractor agreements, weekly wage rosters, and workforce management reports for the thousands of manual labourers who built the inland waterways.

Detailed architectural timber drawings and stone masonry specifications for early canal locks, toll houses, and operational bridges across regional routes.

Comprehensive freight shipping logs, cargo manifests, and toll collection records detailing the commercial transport volume of coal and raw materials.