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Barrett-Foster’s Lockport roots go back to the 19th century. Her great-great grandfather, Edward Barrett, is one of the Erie Canal lock tenders depicted in the Lock Tenders Tribute monument. ...
LOCKPORT, N.Y. — The next five sculptures in the Lock Tenders Tribute Monument will be dedicated Saturday morning in the Lockport Locks. The five new sculptures were installed last week and join ...
The statues are based on an iconic photo taken in 1897 of 12 lock tenders and a girl sitting by the locks. Officials say it's a great part of the city's history.
Homewood-Flossmoor was 5-2, while Lockport, Joliet Central and Stagg were at 4-3. Lockport, which was 10-9 overall, was brought down a notch when it dropped a 55-52 nail-biter to rival Joliet ...
Carpenters Mark Sagan (top, left) and Jim Lesnic put finishing touches on the renovated Lockport lock Tuesday while boats tied up at the lock await passage. Dozens of pleasure boats that had tied ...
The five statues installed last week at the Erie Canal locks in Lockport will be formally dedicated at 10 a.m. Saturday, part of the annual Lock Tenders Tribute event sponsored by the Lockport ...
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Lockport Locks Heritage District Corporation announced a series of events to celebrate the opening of the 2025 navigation season on the Erie Canal. The Lockport C… ...
Descendants of 19th century Erie Canal lock tenders will be on hand at 11 a.m. Saturday, as the City of Lockport dedicates the first three of a planned $1.2 million set of 14 life-size statues ...
If you've ever wanted to see the historic Flight of Five Locks in action, you should head to Lockport this summer. The popular locks demonstrations will kick off the 2018 season this Saturday, May ...