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Place Name
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Lockport
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Niagara County
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Population
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24,426 (1990)
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Location
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Niagara County, New York (NY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°10'N
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Longitude
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78°42'W
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Lockport
, industrial city (
8 sq mi/20.7 sq km; 1990 pop.
24,426),  Niagara co., W N.Y., on N.Y. State Barge Canal;
43°10'N 78°42'W. Mfg. includes automotive radiators, metal and
paper prods., chemicals, plastics. In a rich fruit and dairy region.
Built around a series of locks on the old Erie Canal. Settled 1821,
inc. 1865.
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