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John Heck was a Canadian businessman who immigrated in 1838. John Heck was brought to Lockport to oversee the building of the I & M Canal. He mostly provided construction services, ranging from excavation to masonry. Heck purchased a tract of land for $9,000 in 1866; he likely organized the construction himself.
The surrounding land includes the site of a former sloop landing, a small family cemetery, and the site of the Gerrit Staats house. The Gerrit Staats house was built in 1758 and destroyed by fire in 1973. There are no visible ruins on the property. [4]
Pages in category "Lockport, Illinois" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... High Road Bridge; Homer Community Consolidated School ...
Muitzes Kill Historic District is a national historic district located at Schodack in Rensselaer County, New York. It consists of 23 contributing buildings located in the hamlet of Muitzes Kill, or Muitzeskill (kill is derived from archaic Dutch for "creek"). The district is one of two in the town of Schodack, the other being Schodack Landing ...
Bonnie Brae is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is in the northern part of the county and is bordered to the north, east, and south by the city of Lockport. It is 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the center of Lockport and 7 miles (11 km) north-northeast of Joliet.
An Illinois man was arrested and charged with a hate crime after he allegedly shot his neighbor several times in what authorities say is a racially motivated incident. ... Around 5:37 p.m. Tuesday ...
It passed through a number of owners, [6] [7] but was owned for a long period in the mid-19th century by George Gaylord (1820–1883), a prominent Lockport merchant, [8] Shortly after Gaylord's death Norton & Company, who owned other properties in Lockport, bought the building for $7,500. The many warehouses in Lockport were quite busy.
Lockport is a city in Will County, Illinois, United States, located 30 miles southwest of Chicago.Per the 2020 census, the population was 26,094. [3] The city was incorporated in 1853. [4]