Black Rock Lock
Black Rock Lock is a lock gate in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Black Rock Lock is situated nearby to the marina Rich Marine Sales, as well as near the industrial building Buffalo Smelting Works.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Buffalo Smelting Works and Linde Air Products Factory.
Buffalo Smelting Works
Industrial building
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Buffalo Smelting Works is a historic copper smelting complex located in the Black Rock neighborhood of Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was built in 1891, and consists of a twinned, 2 1/2-story, brick building. Buffalo Smelting Works is situated 540 feet northeast of Black Rock Lock.
Linde Air Products Factory
Historic building
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Linde Air Products Factory, also known as the Chandler Street Plant, is a historic liquid oxygen factory building in the Black Rock neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, United States. Linde Air Products Factory is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Black Rock Lock.
Riverside Institute of Technology
School
Photo: D-Day, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riverside Institute of Technology was a public high school located in Buffalo, New York. It served Grades 9–12 and taught according to the Board of Regents. Riverside closed in June 2019 after years of low academic performance and safety concerns. Riverside Institute of Technology is situated 4,200 feet north of Black Rock Lock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper West Side and West Side.
Upper West Side
Neighborhood
The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York. Upper West Side is situated 1½ miles southeast of Black Rock Lock.
West Side
Photo: AndreCarrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sure, for now the Elmwood Village is Buffalo's premier neighborhood for fine dining and cute urban boutiques; Allentown is where local artists and bohos congregate, and downtown still takes the cake when it comes to the urban rehabilitation that Western New Yorkers have grown more and more used to.
Fort Erie
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Erie is a town of about 33,000 people in the Niagara Region. It is directly across the river from Buffalo, New York, and is the site of Old Fort Erie which played a prominent role in the War of 1812.
Black Rock Lock
- Type: Lock gate
- Category: transportation
- Location: Buffalo, Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.93506° or 42° 56′ 6″ northLongitude
-78.90695° or 78° 54′ 25″ westOpen location code
87J3W3PV+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 629199473OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=lock_gate
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