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Lockport Through a Busy Era and Civic Change
Beatrice Talk fist writes from Lockport in 1928 about rapid growth after the Lakes to the Gulf Waterway project. She details school expansion, the Concrete Esplanade along the canal bed, new city amenities, and a shift from old streets to modern infrastructure.
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New Township High School
Lakes-to-the- Gulf
Masonic
Lockport
Lockport Ia
Jo- Met
Commercial Club
Atrangers
Fitzpatrick-Allen
Jo Het
Romeo Plains
Dellwood Indar Aeroplane
Beatrice