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-old ...

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 ...

Maintenance work under way on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal Experts have completed a painstaking 10-week process to replace two sets of lock gates on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal. Worn-out gates ...

Weighing roughly 453,600 kilograms each, or about one million pounds, two massive Welland Canal chamber gates at Thorold’s Lock 7 are being replaced this week. The spare gates, each about a hundred ...

A HUGE specialist crane lifted giant tailor-made oak gates into place at Bingley Three Rise Locks yesterday watched by fascinated crowds. The replacement gates are part of a £150,000 restoration ...

REPLACEMENT lock gates have been lowered into place at the Grade II listed Selby Lock on the Selby Canal. The new gates, which are expected to last about 25 years, were built at British Waterways’ ...