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.Shawn Daily, a ...

Before the Erie canal was completed in 1825, it could take around three weeks to ship perishable goods between New York and Buffalo.

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 ...

One human lifetime. That’s how long we’ve been debating whether the lock of the Industrial Canal should be widened — “we” meaning shipping interests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and residents of ...

Although the Wabash & Erie Canal rolled through Terre Haute in the 1800s, virtually no evidence of its existence is available today. That will change when Lock 47, part of where the canal once coursed ...

The cost of widening the Industrial Canal lock has ballooned to $1.3 billion from a 2003 estimate of $770 million, according to a report released by the Army Corps of Engineers.The project -- long ...