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 Houma Navigation Canal Lock Complex system of levees, floodgates and locks will protect about 2,000 sq mi of land and 200,000 residents in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes in Louisiana. Rendering ...

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 ...

Reader question: Why are the Appleton locks closed? When will they be open to boaters? Answer: The Fox River locks are billed as the only fully restored, hand-operated lock system in the nation.

The cost of widening the Industrial Canal lock has ballooned to $1.3 billion from a 2003 estimate of $770 million, according to a report released by the Army Corps of Engineers.The project -- long ...

Maintenance work intended to extend the life of the Panama Canal by a century is carried out in a drained lock near the Pacific Ocean, on May 12, 2023 - Copyright AFP ...