And, it is illegal to jump into the water from any of the canal's bridges, locks, guard gates or mooring walls. "People can think they're just going for a little dip and that the water's not all ...

A new set of lock gates has been craned into place on a West Yorkshire canal. Bulholme Lock on the Aire and Calder Navigation, near Castleford, was fitted with a new set of "head" or top gates ...

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 ...

So instead, perched along the lock’s edge, Canal Corps Engineer Aaron Mattoon points to a group of hard-hatted workers below, gathered around one of two giant doors, or “miter gates,” at the ...

The new Panama Canal lock gates are now being installed and holy crap they are gigantic to the point of disbelief. Egyptian pyramids-level huge. Imperial Star Destroyer-level massive. Look at ...

Six new canal lock gates have been installed in Gloucestershire marking another significant step forward in the regeneration of the Cotswold Canals. The 2.25 tonne oak gates were fitted at Ryeford ...

Old lock gates removed from the Kennet & Avon Canal are being turned into a bullring for this year's Glastonbury. Gates from the Caen Hill Flight of Locks near Devizes are being used to create a ...

Image caption, The lock gates are made from British oak and need to be a good fit. A £125,000 replacement of canal lock gates is under way on the Leeds and Liverpool canal in West Yorkshire.

The short pounds on the Canal mean the water level drops rapidly ... They managed to break through security locks fitted to the gates to stamp out illegal tampering. Only boaters have access ...

They have been donated to the scheme by the Canal and Rivers Trust. "They are full size gates taken from Lock 10 on the Audlem lock flight of the Shropshire Union Canal. They will be cut down to ...

The work on the section in Barrowford is due to be completed later this month and is being carried out by the Canal and Rivers Trust. Described as a routine project by the trust, a lock gate is in ...