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 ...

From ancient waterways to the modern Panama Canal, locks remain one of the most ingenious engineering systems ever built. This video breaks down how they work and how simple physics moves ships ...

Thousands of ships transit the Panama Canal every year, but few imagine what happens when one of its locks needs to be repaired. The Pedro Miguel locks, one of the original structures built by the ...

In a meeting of the old and the new, laser scanners flitted along the stone walls of the 19th century Erie Canal locks last week. The purpose of the high-tech measurements was to help prepare plans ...

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