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It has been about 100 years since barges floated along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Washington, D.C., and rural ...
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The Surprising Efficiency of Canal Locks
People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used ...
Navigate the most challenging canal locks in the UK with a 66.5 ft narrowboat, conquering 29 locks in a row at the steepest flight in the country. This video captures the camaraderie, physical effort, ...
Built in the mid-nineteenth century, the Black River Canal served as the headwaters of the Erie Canal, right in the ...
The Erie Canal from Waterford to St. Johnsville and the Champlain Canal from Waterford to Fort Edward opened on Saturday.
Maintenance teams initiated“dry chamber” work on 27 May by fully draining one chamber of the Pedro Miguel Locks. The ...
Because it's pretty much impossible for ships to navigate the part of the Niagara River that literally falls off a cliff ...
Thousands of ships transit the Panama Canal every year, but few imagine what happens when one of its locks needs to be repaired.
The D&H Canal Historical Society and the D&H Transportation Heritage Council will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the ...