Canals

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."

A free ferry service has run between these two English villages since 1885.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.

Amid rushing rapids, this small bit of land is an important First Nations site on border between Canada and the United States.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

Now a pedestrian bridge, this was once part of a narrow-gauge railroad that ran along the east coast of Kauai.

A railway, a waterway, and a roadway all in one, suspended over a rushing river.

In the 19th century, this canal provided power to mills, machine shops, and other businesses in the area.

Every drop of water in this 27-mile long reservoir was pumped up from the Columbia River using power from Grand Coulee Dam.

This unique style of bridge is the last of its kind and runs over the straightest canal in Britain.

This small island, a byproduct of 19th-century canal construction, is now home to a charming Japanese garden.

Built to transport German U-boats through the never-completed Masurian Canal, the locks near this Polish village are now home to a rope course.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.