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 ...

The Panama Canal welcomed a visit from the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama on May 21. Kevin Marino Cabrera visited as part of an institutional outreach tour focused on providing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although the Wabash & Erie Canal rolled through Terre Haute in the 1800s, virtually no evidence of its existence is available ...

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – There have been 200 years of cruising down the Erie Canal, but that wouldn’t be possible without locks. Locks are essential for navigation on the canal, acting as elevators for boats ...

One human lifetime. That’s how long we’ve been debating whether the lock of the Industrial Canal should be widened — “we” meaning shipping interests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and residents of ...

The first batch of boats to enter Erie Canal Lock 2 in Waterford on Friday, the opening day of the state's canal system. The canal locks are open through Oct. 16. Boaters line up to enter Erie Canal ...

New lock gates have been lifted into the canal near Glen Parva as part of vital conservation work on canals in Leicestershire. The Canal and River Trust (CRT) has installed the gates at Gees Lock, ...

The need for backbreaking labor to advance trade and transportation on the upper Connecticut River attracted about 400 Irish workers to a crude riverside camp in the late 1820s. With pick and shovel ...

The old lock gates have been removed from the Rochdale Canal in Manchester's Gay Village A set of lock gates have been replaced on a canal which runs through the gay village in Manchester city centre.

It has been well over 120 years since a Delaware & Hudson (D&H) Canal Company boat was built to serve on the 108-mile canal between Honesdale, Pa., and Rondout, N.Y., on the Hudson River. Their ...