The rubbish is treated as toxic and will be taken away by a barge for disposal when the canal is refilled in April. Anna Borzello The Hertford Union Canal was never a commercial success ...

This story appears in the May 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Grand Canal barges have no fancy names, no mermaids planted on the bow, no corny sayings painted on the stern. Instead ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With a maximum speed of six kilometres an hour, it’s all about “slow travel” aboard European Waterways’ luxury canal barge ...

Navigating the Suez Canal is a high-stress, complicated feat that requires master piloting skills. To demonstrate, we worked with Master Mariner Andy Winbow and Captain Yash Gupta to produce this ...

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ANDREW WATTS:To bring in the sort of materials that one canal barge would bring in with one horse and one man, would have taken at least 100 pack horses and mules in the 18th Century. PROFESSOR ...

A project to clear reeds that have grown over a canal which is being restored has received a £27,000 grant. Grantham Canal, which runs through Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire ...

The most famous waterway in the Americas is running dry. Unlike the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal is fed by a freshwater lake, Lake Gatún, and its water level is falling critically low.

Alexandra Canal is a New York-based Senior Reporter at Yahoo Finance who covers the business of Hollywood, media and entertainment, and beyond. Alexandra's reporting ranges from breaking news ...