Benjamin C. Moore Mill is a historic

flour mill A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separat ...

waterworks Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. Thes ...

, and

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building located at Lockport in

Niagara County, New York Niagara County is in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 212,666. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word ''Onguiaahra''; meaning ''the strait'' or ''thunder of waters''. Niag ...

. It is a stone structure built in 1859–60, as a flour mill for the Benjamin C. Moore Company. In 1864, Dwight Keep constructed this stone structure that was originally the Benjamin Moore Company Mill. Around 1884, it was converted from a flour mill, to one of the first water pumping plants in America. Within the basement of the Moore building, two of Birdsill Holly's pumps were installed, one pushing 3 million gallons of water and the other pushing 5 million, each utilizing the waterpower from the Mill Race. In 1893, the rear addition was constructed and the building was converted for use as city hall for the City of Lockport and was used as city hall until 1974, when the new city hall opened. ''Note:'' This includes an
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/ref> It was listed on the

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in 1973.

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External links

Moore, Benjamin C., Mill - Lockport, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Industrial buildings completed in 1864 Buildings and structures in Niagara County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Niagara County, New York 1864 establishments in New York (state) {{NiagaraCountyNY-NRHP-stub