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Lockport

American  
[lok-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈlɒkˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

  1. a city in W New York, on the New York State Barge Canal.


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To have a shot at keeping the zoae alive and thriving, Akers said, “I had to re-create the ocean”—in her house in Lockport, New York, 500 miles from the Atlantic.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Other GM plants have yet to vote, including its Lockport, New York plant.

From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2023

Banks sued over conditions at GM's components plant in Lockport, New York, where she began working in 1996.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2023

The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation regulates commercial boats, Hochul’s office said, but lacks authority to inspect those operating on non-navigable waters, like in the privately owned Lockport Cave.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

At Lockport they took a dearborn for Buffalo, where they were anxious to go, in order to see the union of the canal with Lake Erie.

From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Comfield, Amelia Stratton

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