The Norton & Company Warehouse

The Norton & Company Warehouse (HM2IAC)

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N 41° 35.301', W 88° 3.543'

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This 100 foot square limestone building was constructed in 1848 by Hiram Norton to take advantage of the grain trade opened by the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The Norton Building was used as a warehouse, general store and living quarters. Canal boats pulled up along the west side the building where one can still see the iron ring used to tie off the boats as they were waiting to load grain.

The Scale House
The scale house part of the Norton Grain Warehouse operation was used by local farmers to weigh grain. Horses pulled a wagon loaded with grain onto the scale to be weighed. A weigh ticket was given to the farmer for the weight of his wagon load. He unloaded grain at the Norton Warehouse. The wagon was weighted empty and the weigh ticket showed how to credit the farmer for the amount he delivered.

Scale House Plaza
The City of Lockport donated the limestone for the benches that was saved when the historic Seven Arch Bridge over the Des Plains River collapsed in 2011. Julius Scheibe was the probable builder of the bridge that had been constructed from locally quarried limestone in 1869.
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HM NumberHM2IAC
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Year Placed2015
Placed ByMain Street Lockport, Inc
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Date Added Sunday, June 30th, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 411728 N 4604614
Decimal Degrees41.58835000, -88.05905000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 35.301', W 88° 3.543'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 35' 18.06" N, 88° 3' 32.58" W
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