From ancient waterways to the modern Panama Canal, locks remain one of the most ingenious engineering systems ever built.

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 ...

Although the Wabash & Erie Canal rolled through Terre Haute in the 1800s, virtually no evidence of its existence is available today. That will change when Lock 47, part of where the canal once coursed ...