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1948 Map of Lockport

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Lockport
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

The city of Lockport serves as the industrial and transit hub of this Western New York landscape, where the Erie Canal cuts through the Niagara Escarpment. In the years following World War II, the area surrounding the city shows a mix of established agriculture and emerging suburban pockets like Carlisle Gardens and Shooktown. The canal's infrastructure remains a dominant feature, including the Sulphur Springs Guard Lock and the connection to the International Canal.

Rural life is densely documented through a network of dozens of one-room schoolhouses, such as School No 13 and School No 20, alongside local landmarks like the County Fairgrounds. The map traces the critical transportation corridors of the era, from the New York Central railroad lines to early aviation sites like Lee Airport. Smaller hamlets such as Gasport, Rapids, and Wolcottsville dot the drainage basins of Eighteenmile Creek and Tonawanda Creek, marking the boundary between Niagara and Erie counties.