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LOCKPORT , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Niagara county, New See also:York, U.S.A., on the See also:Erie See also:Canal, 26 m. by See also:rail N. by E. of See also:Buffalo and 56 m . W. of See also:Rochester . Pop . (1900) 16,581, of whom 2036 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 16o were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 17,970 . It is served by the New York Central & See also:Hudson See also:River and the Erie See also:railways, by the See also:International railway(electric interurban), and by the Erie Canal . The city owes its name to the five See also:double locks of the canal, which here falls 66 ft . (over a continuation of the Niagara escarpment locally known as " See also:Mountain See also:Ridge ") from the level of See also:Lake Erie to that of the Genesee river . In 1909 a See also:scheme was on See also:foot to replace these five locks by a huge lift See also:lock and to construct a large See also:harbour immediately W. of the city . The surplus See also:water from See also:Tonawanda See also:Creek, See also:long claimed both by the Canal and by the Lockport manufacturers, after supplying the canal furnishes water-powel, and electric See also:power is derived from Niagara . The factory products, mostly See also:paper and See also:wood-pulp, See also:flour and cereal foods, and foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, were valued in 1905 at $5,807,980 . Lockport lies in a See also:rich farming and See also:fruit (especially See also:apple and See also:pear) See also:country, containing extensive See also:sandstone and Niagara See also:limestone quarries, and is a See also:shipping point for the fruits and grains and the limestone and sandstone of the surrounding country . Many buildings in the business See also:part of the city are heated by the See also:Holly distributing See also:system, which pipes See also:steam from a central station or plant, and originated in Lockport .
The city owns and operates the water-See also:works, long operated under the Holly system, which, as well as the Holly distributing system, was devised by Birdsill Holly, a See also:civil engineer of Lock-See also:port
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In 1909 a new system was virtually completed, water being taken from the Niagara river at Tonawanda and pumped thence to a stand-See also:pipe in Lockport
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The site, that of the most easterly See also:village in New York See also:state held by the Neutral Nation of See also:Indians, was part of the See also:tract bought by the See also: |
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