His replacement, John Stevens, lasted just 20 months, but oversaw the engineering of the canal's lock system and restructuring of the Panama Railroad -- two hurdles critical for the project's success.

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American ...

How do the ships get raised and lowered? The canal has a water lock system that acts like a massive elevator. When ships enter the locks, they're raised by water from the lake. Each lock raises ...

A hotelier has built a canal lock – complete with a narrowboat ... He spent £25,000 on a fully functioning lock gate and water pumping system, as well as a redbrick lock keeper’s cottage ...

Experts have completed a painstaking 10-week process to replace two sets of lock gates on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal. Worn-out gates were replaced at the top and bottom ends of the 200-year ...

Looking at the world map, the temptation is always there: the strip of land connecting North and South America seems ...

The UK's deepest single canal lock has been partially drained for a spring clean. Canal & River Trust volunteers are removing debris and litter from Tuel Lane Lock, on the Rochdale Canal in ...

Long periods of drought and the excessive consumption of fresh water for the Panama Canal lock system jeopardise the water supply in large parts of the country.Image: Java They regularly pump as ...