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LOCKPORT , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

Niagara county, New See also:

York, U.S.A., on the See also:

ERIE

Erie See also:

Canal, 26 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail N. by E. of See also:

BUFFALO

Buffalo and 56 m. W. of See also:

Rochester. Pop. (1900) 16,581, of whom 2036 were See also:

FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 16o were negroes; (1910 See also:

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 17,970. It is served by the New York Central & See also:

Hudson See also:

RIVER

River and the Erie See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, by the See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

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 (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme was on See also:

FOOT

foot to replace these five locks by a huge lift See also:

lock and to construct a large See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour immediately W. of the city. The surplus See also:

WATER

water from See also:

TONAWANDA

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 [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power is derived from Niagara. The factory products, mostly See also:

paper and See also:

wood-pulp, See also:

FLOUR

flour and cereal foods, and foundry and See also:

machine-See also:

SHOP

shop products, were valued in 1905 at $5,807,980. Lockport lies in a See also:

rich farming and See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit (especially See also:

APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple and See also:

PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear) See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, containing extensive See also:

SANDSTONE

sandstone and Niagara See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone quarries, and is a See also:

SHIPPING

shipping point for the fruits and grains and the limestone and sandstone of the surrounding country. Many buildings in the business See also:

PART

part of the city are heated by the See also:

HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium)

Holly distributing See also:

SYSTEM

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

works, long operated under the Holly system, which, as well as the Holly distributing system, was devised by Birdsill Holly, a See also:

CIVIL

civil engineer of Lock-See also:

PORT

port. 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

pipe in Lockport. The site, that of the most easterly See also:

VILLAGE

village in New York See also:

state held by the Neutral Nation of See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, was part of the See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract bought by the See also:

Holland See also:

COMPANY

Company in 1792–1793. Subsequently most of the See also:

LAND

land on which the city stands was bought from the Holland Company by Esek See also:

Brown, the proprietor of a See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

TAVERN

tavern, and fourteen others, but there were few settlers until after 1820. In 1822 the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was made the county-seat, and in 1823 it was much enlarged by the See also:

settlement here of workmen on the Erie Canal, and was the headquarters for a See also:

time of the canal contractors. It was incorporated as a village in 1829, was reached by the Erie railway in 1852, and in 1865 was chartered as a city.

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