Lockport, New York, USA
1916

Lockport, a city, the capital of Niagara co., N.Y., on the Erie Canal and on the Erie and the New York Central and Hudson River Rs., 25 miles NNE. of Buffalo. It is partly built on the declivities of a terrace or long ridge, called the " Mountain Ridge." The canal here descends about 60 feet from the level of Lake Erie to the Genesee level by 5 locks of massive masonry. The abundant hydraulic power thus obtained is one of the main sources of the prosperity of the city, and is utilized in numerous mills and factories. The canal passes through a deep channel which has been cut in solid limestone, and is several miles in extent. Lockport has important industries, which include iron-foundries, machine-shops, pumping-machinery works, pulp-, peer- and fibre-mills, and manufactures of bedsteads, cotton- and woollen-batting, carriages, flour, brooms, etc. Here are extensive quarries of Niagara limestone, an excellent material for building. Lockport was incorporated as a city in 1865. Pop. in 1900, 16,581.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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