Thousands of ships transit the Panama Canal every year, but few imagine what happens when one of its locks needs to be ...

The Panama Canal stands as one of humanity’s most astonishing engineering achievements, reshaping global transportation and influencing world history like few other projects. This colossal feat ...

including yellow fever and malaria—during the French period of construction alone. In the end, the canal was a 51-mile-long, 10-mile-wide system of locks that cut across Panama—from Limón Bay ...

Opinion: Lawyers for Civil Rights Executive Director Iván Espinoza-Madrigal explains why the White House's attempts to wrest ...

Some 5,600 workers died later during the U.S.-led construction project ... because of droughts last year affecting the canal locks, forcing Panama to drastically cut shipping traffic through ...

But he paid special attention to the Panama Canal, which he saw as “foolishly ... the waters of reservoirs created to flood the locks. New construction provided administration buildings ...

But since construction first began in the 19 th century, the canal has captivated ... but can’t make it to Panama, the ACP livestreams activity at five sets of locks, and the canal runs 24 ...

The French started construction of the Panama Canal ... the Gatun Lake before lowering the ship back down. The lock system at the Panama Canal operates like stair steps. There are multiple lock ...

Last week, the Panama Canal Board of Directors approved plans to build a dam to solve what it says is a long-term water shortage problem. Construction ... a series of locks. All Things Considered ...