I transited the Panama Canal and discovered how Theodore Roosevelt's impossible dream became reality through determination ...

The Panama Canal does not raise ships with cranes, it raises the water around them using lock chambers, sluices, and simple hydrostatics. This breaks down why the gates are angled, how lock staircases ...

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 ...

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 ...

An excerpt from David B. Williams and Jennifer Ott’s new book, “Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal: A History and Guide,” ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Nearing 200 years of history, the Erie Canal is not just part of WNY history, but is a pivotal achievement in American history. The man-made waterway overcomes a geographic obstacle ...

THEM TODAY, EACH CRACK AND RIDGE IN THESE ROCKS HELPS TELL A STORY THAT DATES BACK TO BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. AND WHILE MOSS COVERS A LOT OF THESE RUINS NOW, THIS IS A REAL TREASURE UPSTREAM ON THE ...

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 ...

A controversial federal project to replace the lock on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans has ballooned in cost — from under $1 billion to nearly $5 billion — even as opposition builds among those ...