1948 Map of Lockport

About this map

The industrial and transport core of Niagara County is anchored by the Lockport urban center, where the Erie Canal makes its dramatic passage through the limestone escarpment. This postwar era survey shows a landscape defined by the intersection of major waterways and the New York Central Railroad, which spurred the development of surrounding hamlets like Gasport and Reynales Basin. To the south, the terrain transitions into the fertile lowlands drained by Tonawanda Creek and Mud Creek, where small agrarian settlements such as Wolcottsville and Rapids thrived.