Lock keeper Brian Orwin has volunteered on the canals around South Yorkshire for the last 10 years. A narrowboat owner himself, he wanted to do his bit to help maintain the waterw ...

Rehabilitation work has been completed at Lock Number 47, located on the Union Canal towpath between the Berks County Heritage Center and Reber’s Bridge in Bern Township. The work had begun in early ...

The campaigners says several key lock systems on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal could fail.

From their vantage point in cranes overlooking the Panama Canal, operators scrutinize the century-old walls of one of its locks as the high-pitched siren of a merchant ship resonates from nearby. In ...

Panama City, Feb 13 (EFE).Panama City, Feb 13 (EFE). — The Panama Canal Authority, or ACP, said a successful test was conducted on a section of the new third set of locks where cracks were discovered ...

The official opening of the 48-mile-long waterway's massive new locks on Sunday will add a new twist to what long has been a bucket list item for cruising fans. Princess Cruises, which offers more ...

A new era for Panama Canal cruises kicked off over the weekend as a passenger vessel transited the waterway's new, bigger locks for the first time. Disney Cruise Line's 83,308-ton Disney Wonder passed ...

Opened on Aug. 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was constructed by the United States between 1904 and 1913 at a cost of $375 million, building on an earlier, French-led effort that fizzled. An estimated ...

Excavation on the Erie Canal. From “Memoir at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals,” 1825. Map of Erie Canal Illustration of Gov. Dewitt Clinton opening the Erie Canal on Oct. 26, ...