Lisa Smart, the Liberal Democrat member for Hazel Grove, made the call for the 16-flight Grade II-listed canal locks at Marple during a debate on funding for the Peak Forest and Macclesfield canals.

An MP has called for the 16 locks to become a world heritage site Part of a canal in Greater Manchester should become a world heritage site, an MP has said. Lisa Smart, the Liberal Democrat member ...

Part of a canal in Greater Manchester should become a world heritage site, an MP has said. Lisa Smart, the Liberal Democrat ...

The Panama Canal reports that on Saturday, November 23, in the afternoon, an incident was reported at the Gatun ...

It is the locks that determine the capacity of the canal; and seeing that the width at present decided upon is only 100 feet, the canal engineers have decided that a reasonable regard for the ...

This animation of the locks system of the Panama Canal demonstrates how a ship would travel across the Panamanian Isthmus. This "lake and lock" canal was favored by Theodore Roosevelt, who Chief ...

This article was originally published with the title “ How the Locks of the Panama Canal are Operated ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 110 No. 10 (March 1914), p. 205 doi:10.1038 ...

"Such recognition would not only attract global interest and boost local tourism, but ensure that the locks are protected and ...