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How Canal Locks Move Ships Across Mountains

From ancient waterways to the modern Panama Canal, locks remain one of the most ingenious engineering systems ever built.
In this video, we investigate how the Panama Canal Locks are used to raise millions of tons of ships up 87ft, from sea level to the height of Gatun Lake. We will also find out how water-saving basins ...
Dropping in with her kayak at points along the Erie Canal, photographer Tina MacIntyre-Yee logged 60 miles of paddling in ...
When the Erie Canal was created between 1817 and 1825, it was an engineering wonder — and still is today. Consisting of an ...
Ten community organisations across the Falkirk area have been selected to receive support from the Falkirk Flight Community ...
More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...
Looking back at research from the 1990s and comparing it with today's data, David Rudlin explores the persistent failure of ...
The towpath running along the Canal from Vines Park to Ladywood Lock in Salwarpe has finally reopened after months of work to make it ...
The Panama Canal was a mammoth construction project that took a decade to complete and cost about $375 million — the equivalent of $11.8 billion today.
Mesa County has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the Colorado Water Conservation Board for a project piping a canal along a section of 38 Road and putting a multi-use path on it. On Tuesday, the ...
The public are being urged to use water wisely as officials warn that England must prepare for an ongoing drought into 2026.
Despite recent rainfall, a large part of the country remains in drought across England as we enter winter. The National Drought Group has warned ...