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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zebra mussels dot the side wall. Steel panels of different ages and colors stand out like a patches on an old jacket. Concrete, pre-dating at least 18 presidential administrations, helps hold it all ...

A centuries-old practice that has helped keep the country’s historic canal lock gates in working order is still used today – ...

I took my playboat out to a quiet canal lock to work on some freestyle moves. In this clip you can see me practicing flips, cartwheels and loops, using the small flow in the lock to keep the boat ...

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 ...

A rare, handcrafted limestone canal lock first used for canal boat transportation in 1850 will soon become the centerpiece of Vigo County's newest county park. Indiana's first lady Judy O'Bannon is ...