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Lockport may refer to:

Places

In Canada

• Lockport, Manitoba

In the United States of America

• Lockport, Illinois
• Lockport, Indiana
• Lockport, Kentucky in Henry County, Kentucky
• Lockport, Louisiana
• Lockport (city), New York
• Lockport (town), New York, surrounding the city
• Platea, Pennsylvania, in Erie County, known as the Borough of Lockport until 1902
• Lockport (Neighborhood), Keyport (Town), in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Other uses

• Lockport Cave, New York
• Lockport formation, a component of the Niagara Escarpment
• Lockport Subdivision, railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York

See also

• Lockport Township (disambiguation)
• South Lockport, New York

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From Wikitravel

Lockport is a city in the Niagara Frontier of New York.

Get in

Buffalo-Niagara International Airport is less than a 30 minute drive from Downtown Lockport. Lockport is serviced by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). Lockport is a 30 minute drive east of Niagara Falls, NY down Route 31.

Get around

It is best to rent a car. In the summer Lockport has a tourism trolley. The NFTA bus stops are not far from the downtown attractions.

• Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises boat rides are offered on the Erie Canal, with one proceeding upward through the modern locks for a short cruise, and returning to pass downstream under two lift bridges and then returning to the docks.
• A museum is located in the old lock control structure and contains historic photographs, maps, engineering drawings, and machinery.
• The Canal Discovery Center is housed in an old church about 100 yards to the west of the locks.
• Lockport is home to the widest bridge in North America which spans the canal to the southwest of the locks.
• The Lockport Caves tour can be taken near the locks.
• The Niagara County Historical Society located at 215 Niagara Street in Lockport, NY. It is a complex of buildings that together tell the story of Niagara County history.
• 100 American Craftsmen is an annual show of arts and crafts held at the Kenan Arena. The arena is located on the historic Kenan Center campus.
• Ida Fritz park plays host to the Taste of Lockport every August and to a Cruise Night every Monday during the summer.
• Lockport is now the home of the Molson Canal Concert Series on Fridays in the summer. The series brings national acts to the recently constructed Ulrich City Centre and events are free of admission charge.
• Just outside of Lockport is The Niagara Wine Trail. It features 10 wineries.

• Lockport Cave & Underground Boat Ride, 2 Pine St. (NY 78 to Main St., left on Pine), ☎ +1 716 438-0174, [1]. 10 May - 18 May: Sa Su noon-4PM; 24 May - 20 Jun: daily noon-4PM; 21 Jun - 1 Sep: 10AM-5PM; 2 Sep - 13 Oct: M-F 11AM 1PM 3PM 5PM, Sa Su 11AM-4PM. The Lockport Cave is a man-made tunnel built to provide hydraulic power to canalside industries. The boat ride takes you through this tunnel, as well as along the Erie Canal to see sights such as the five canal locks that gave this city its name. $9.00 (ages 4-12: $6.00; under 4: free).  edit

Buy

A book on the Erie Canal at the Erie Canal Discovery Center or Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises.

• Molinaro's 90 Walnut St., Lockport, NY 14094

(716) 438-0631

• Taboo 45 Main St., Lockport, NY 14094

(716) 433-4222

• DeFlippo's 326 West Ave., Lockport, NY 14094

(716) 433-2913

• Shamus 98 West Ave., Lockport, NY 14094

(716) 433-9809

• Danny Sheehans 491 West Ave., Lockport, NY 14094

(716) 433-4666

• Village Eatery 429 Davison Rd., Lockport, NY 14094

(716) 433-8959

• Fratellies pizza and sub, west ave, lockport,NY 14094 (next to attitudes bar), ☎ 7164380184. nice friendly staff, great food, low cost, fast service, homemade dough and sauce. all around great place  edit

• Taboo
• Finnan's
• Niagara Hotel
• Pat's Place
• Groff's
• Pot of Gold
• Caddy Jack's
• Deflippo's
• Danny Sheehan's
• Wagner's
• Quigley's
• Applebee's
• Village Eatery

• Holiday Inn
• Lockport Inn and Suites
• Comfort Inn
• DeFlippo's Bed and Breakfast

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