A model canal boat that has been stored in a building in Lehighton for over two decades has moved downstream and into a new ...

The eccentric hotel owner now reckons he has the world's shortest canal - with his boat able to travel a mere ... guests and I then I thought why not build a whole canal lock to disguise it.

With the completion of the Erie Canal, attention turned to building a two-way navigation, which meant that they could load boats that were carrying as much as 100 tons of coal, bring them down on ...