Lockport

Lockport, capital of Niagara county, New York, on the Erie Canal, 25 miles NNE. of Buffalo by rail. The canal here passes through a deep channel, several miles long, cut in the solid limestone, and falls 66 feet, by ten combined double-locks. Its surplus water drives a number of lumber, flour, and woollen and cotton mills, besides other factories, foundries, machine-shops, &c. Pop. (1880) 13,522; (1890) 16,038.