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5 unusual facts about Lockport


22nd Century Media

The Lockport Legend is a weekly hyper-local community newspaper based in the Village of Lockport, Illinois dedicated to the coverage of local news.

The Horizon is delivered free every Thursday via the U.S. Mail to every home and business in Homer Glen, Illinois and parts of Lockport, Illinois in Homer Township.

Elsie Paroubek

Two days later, electrical engineer George T. Scully and other employees of the Lockport power plant near Joliet, thirty-five miles outside of Chicago, saw a body floating in the drainage canal.

Lewiston-Porter Central School District

Lew-Port competes in the NFL (Niagara Frontier League) with rival schools such as Niagara-Wheatfield, Niagara Falls, and Lockport.

National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side Chicago

The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Historic District extends through Cook County west of Chicago, DuPage County and Will County to Lockport.


Archer Avenue

Outside Chicago, Archer Avenue/Road passes through the villages of Summit, Justice, Willow Springs, and the southern edge of Lemont before terminating on the north side of Lockport.

Crowley House

Chase-Crowley-Keep House, Lockport, New York, listed on the NRHP in New York

Falls Road Railroad

The term Falls Road Branch was adopted by New York Central, and later Conrail, to refer to the section of railroad track between Lockport and Rochester, New York.

George D. Lamont

He attended Yale College for a year and a half, then studied law in Lockport, received a degree from Yale in 1841, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced practice in Lockport.

Heritage Corridor

The station and accompanying parking would be on property of the Citgo oil refinery between Lemont and Lockport.

Niagara Frontier League

Representatives from Lackawanna, Tonawanda, North Tonawanda, Niagara Falls, Trott, Kenmore and Lockport merged the former RPI basketball and St. Lawrence football leagues to found the NFL.

Riley, Indiana

It was known as Lockport due to its importance during the building of the Wabash and Erie Canal from 1847-1850.

Wrights Corners

Wrights Corners, New York, a hamlet in the towns of Lockport and Newfane in Niagara County


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