LOCKPORT, N. Y., city, county-seat of Niagara County; on the New York Barge Canal, and on the Erie, the International and the New.York Central railroads, 12 miles from Lake Ontario, 20 miles east of Niagara Falls, and about 25 miles north by east of Buffalo. It was settled in 1823 by workmen who were em ployed on the Erie Canal. On 26 March 1829 it was incorporated as a village and became a city 11 April 1865. It is situated in a ,fertile agricultural region, one of the richest fruit producing sections of the United States; but the extensive water power obtained from the canal has made it an important manufacturing city. The 10 large locks of the canal (now re placed by a tier of two locks operated by elec tricity), gave its name to the city. The canal passes through a deep cut, an excavation in the solid rock, several miles in length. The New York Central Railroad bridge, 500 feet long, crosses the canal here, at a height of 60 feet above water. There are large sandstone and limestone quarries in the vicinity.
The chief manufactures are pulp and paper, Holly waterworks machinery, wood-work ma chinery, machinery for flour mills, glass, roll ing-mill products, cotton-batting, wagons and carriages, brooms, flour, indurated fibre, crucible steel, aluminum, cotton and woolen goods and creamery products. The products of the manu facturing plants amount annually to over $11, 000,00U In addition to the trade in manufac tured articles, the city has an extensive trade in the quarry products, and in grain and fruits.
Some of the prominent buildings are the Odd Fellows Home, the high school, the new govern ment building and the courthouse. It has several churches and good public and parish schools and two business colleges. It is the seat of Saint Joseph's Academy. There are about 18 miles of paved streets and the total assessed valuation is nearly $14,000,000. The city owns and operates the waterworks. The government is vested in a mayor, elected for two years, and a council of 10 members. Pop. 19,581. Con sult Pool, of Niagara County' (Syracuse 1897).
LOCKROY, 1611crwil', Etienne Auguste Edouard, French statesman: b. 1838; d. 22 Nov. 1913. He was a Republican journalist under the Second Empire, he fought with Garibaldi in 1860 and acted as secretary to Ernest Renan in Syria. During the siege of Paris he commanded a battalion and was later one of the signatories to the proclamation for the election of the Commune. He sat in the French Chamber from 1872 to 1906, was minister of commerce and industry 1886-87, of education 1::.: and minister of marine 1895-99.