The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Lockport
industrial city (1990 pop. 24,426), seat of Niagara co., W N.Y., on the Erie Canal, in a rich fruit and dairy region; settled 1821, inc. 1865. Automotive radiators; metal, paper, and plastic products; and chemicals are among Lockports manufactures. The city was built around a series of locks on the Erie Canal.