Gatun locks mark Atlantic side of Panama Canal. The Panama Canal Authority took a first step in the $3.35–billion effort to construct a new set of locks, with the Aug. 28 release of a request for ...

In 2014 for its 100-year anniversary, thePanama Canal Authority is modernizing and expanding the canal between theAtlantic and Pacific. The construction includes installation of new locks tothe two ...

YorksPast continues the series of posts exploring the history of the Codorus Canal. Completed in November of 1832, this canal allowed navigating 70-foot long canal boats between downtown York and the ...

Excavation on the Erie Canal. From “Memoir at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals,” 1825. Map of Erie Canal Illustration of Gov. Dewitt Clinton opening the Erie Canal on Oct. 26, ...

There appears to be a great opportunity to combine the proposed lock replacement with a freshwater diversion project in a nearby and viable less developed location. A recent study evaluating ...

Erie Canal Lock 11 was completely submerged under the raging Mohawk River for hours when Tropical Storm Irene struck in late August 2011. While the lock withstood the riparian assault better than the ...