Lockport’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Lockport. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Lockport, founded in 1835, traces its history to Jacques Lamotte, who in 1790 owned a large tract of land along Bayou Lafourche. Lemotte sold a portion of the tract to Messrs. Mercier and Marcantel in 1814. In 1823 William Field purchased a parcel of the land and later donated 5 arpents of it on both banks of Bayou Lafourche to Barataria and Lafourche Canal Company. As part of the transaction, the company agreed to build a canal, which would link Bayou Terrebonne to New Orleans. Allou D'Hemecourt surveyed the area in 1835. His map bears the name Longueville. Eventually, the village's name would become Lockport.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lockport’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lockport’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMathewssBandLockport, 1904: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lockport
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Lockport, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as MathewssBandLockport (1904) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
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From Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.