Appleton Locks 1–3 Historic District Explained

See also: Appleton Lock 4 Historic District.

Appleton Locks 1–3 Historic District
Nrhp Type:	hd
Nocat:	yes
Location:	Appleton, Wisconsin
Refnum:	93001333
Added:	December 7, 1993

Appleton Locks 1–3 Historic District is a historic district partly in the city of Appleton, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in transport and engineering.

The district includes three locks on the Lower Fox River:

• Appleton Lock 1 in the Lower Fox River Valley, west of Oneida Street in the City of Appleton, at the river's 31.7 mile marker,
• Lock 2 at the 31.5 mile marker in Appleton,
• Lock 3 at the 31.3 mile marker in Appleton.

The latter two are in "Appleton Flats", an industrial area where the Fox River Paper Corporation, the Appleton Machine Company andthe Riverside Paper Company are located. Also included are a canal, a dam, three lockshacks, three sheds, two garages and two lockkeepers' houses.^[1]

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Appleton, Outagamie County, WI:

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=93001333}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Appleton Locks 1–3 Historic District]. . John N. Vogel . October 1, 1991 . April 18, 2017 . with