Lockport: Historic Jewel of the Erie Canal (Making of America Series)

From its beginnings in the early 19th century at the site where "art triumphed over nature," when the Erie Canal's Flight of Five locks was one of the wonders of the world, Lockport burst almost overnight into a thriving community that eventually outgrew the canal that gave it life. After many years of challenge and change, the city now looks to its glorious past to ensure its future.

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Lockport: Historic Jewel of the Erie Canal (Making of America Series)

From its beginnings in the early 19th century at the site where "art triumphed over nature," when the Erie Canal's Flight of Five locks was one of the wonders of the world, Lockport burst almost overnight into a thriving community that eventually outgrew the canal that gave it life. After many years of challenge and change, the city now looks to its glorious past to ensure its future.

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Lockport: Historic Jewel of the Erie Canal (Making of America Series)

Lockport: Historic Jewel of the Erie Canal (Making of America Series)

by Kathleen L. Riley
Lockport: Historic Jewel of the Erie Canal (Making of America Series)

Lockport: Historic Jewel of the Erie Canal (Making of America Series)

by Kathleen L. Riley

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Overview

From its beginnings in the early 19th century at the site where "art triumphed over nature," when the Erie Canal's Flight of Five locks was one of the wonders of the world, Lockport burst almost overnight into a thriving community that eventually outgrew the canal that gave it life. After many years of challenge and change, the city now looks to its glorious past to ensure its future.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780738524771
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 01/28/2006
Series: Making of America Series
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 1,031,553
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 13.36(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

History professor Kathleen L. Riley has published numerous works of American historical scholarship over the last 20 years. This history of her hometown is her first general-interest book.

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