Introducing America’s Stairway!
“The Greatest Artificial Curiosity in this Part of America”
- Stewart Scott, Canadian Traveler (1826)
Drawing of Flight of Five Looking East by William H. Bartlett (1858)
A Production of the
Lockport Locks Heritage District Corporation
in cooperation with
Toward Castle Films
America’s Stairway
The epic story of how one of America’s first successful public works emboldened a nation to move westward, and how in the 21st Century it has enabled a new generation to revitalize itself.
- Marquis de Lafayette
“The Flight of Five and Niagara Falls are wonders that are surpassed only by liberty and equal rights.”
A Look Behind the Scenes
‘Opening of the Erie Canal’ has been an inspiration for those of us involved in the production of America’s Stairway.