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 ...

What are claimed to be the UK's longest flight of locks - a series of locks, stretching more than two miles (3.2km) - have reopened after five months of urgent repair work. Tardebigge top lock in ...

It’s only within the last two decades that attention focused on the canal’s original Flight of Five lock system, an engineering marvel in its day, but more or less ignored after the canal was enlarged ...

As people from around the country and the world come to Western New York to learn about the historic Erie Canal, the World Canal Conference is celebrating the waterway’s 200th anniversary.Chief ...

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LITTLE FALLS - The portion of the Erie Canal that had been closed to thru-traffic because of a broken lock has been re-opened. Lock E-17 here in Little Falls, Herkimer, County, was closed last week ...

Scaffolding is seen at Erie Canal Lock 5 where a state Canal Corporation employee fell and had to be rescued on Wednesday in Waterford. Scaffolding is seen at Erie Canal Lock 5 where a state Canal ...

HERKIMER, N.Y. (WUTR) — It is almost Memorial Weekend and many boaters have started their voyage. But after unforeseen circumstances, they might be barbequing in Little Falls. Erie Canalway to host a ...

Two centuries after its completion, the Erie canal is celebrated from space, with NASA satellite imagery showing the ...