While a boat is leaving a lock, as represented in the cut, the gate, c, being open, the water flows from the canal through the passage, 6, into the lock at the stern of the boat, and thus fills up ...

This animation of the locks system of the Panama Canal demonstrates how a ship would travel across the Panamanian Isthmus. This "lake and lock" canal was favored by Theodore Roosevelt, who Chief ...

Part of a canal in Greater Manchester should become a world heritage site, an MP has said. Lisa Smart, the Liberal Democrat ...

The canal's engineering also changed. After nine months of Capitol Hill lobbying, the push for a "lake and lock" canal, favored by Roosevelt, succeeded. Stevens would dam the mighty Chagres to ...

An MP has called for the 16 locks to become a world heritage site Part of a canal in Greater Manchester should become a world heritage site, an MP has said. Lisa Smart, the Liberal Democrat member ...