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Panama Canal
Panama Canal is a 48-mile (77.1 km) ship, Panama Canal Project was started in l881 by France, but
had to stop because of engineering problems and high
It was constructed to enabling ships to avoid the lengthy Cape Horn route around he southernmost tip of South America (via the Drake Passage) or to navigate the Strait of Magellan.
GATUN LOCKS
It is a lock system, lifts the ship 26 mtrs high.
Having total 6 steps. Three ups and 3 downs.
Total length including approach wall is 3 kms.
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CULEBRA CUT
The next excavation was the Culebra Cut — an incision
into Panama that extended for nine miles and ended at Gatun Lake
SOME IMPORTANT FACTS
The Panama Canal connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It is a 48 mile canal that is important for international maritime trade.
They took 10 years to complete the canal. The canal allowed ships to travel between the two oceans more safely and in half the time.
GATUN LAKE
At the time of creation it was largest artificial lake. It is of Created between 1907-14 by the building of the Gatun32 km in length.Dam across the Chagres Rive.
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PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION
The expansion of the Panama Canal is a project that will
double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2015.Construction of two lock complexes—one each on the
Atlantic and Pacific sides—each with three chambers,which include three water-saving basins;
Excavation of new access channels to the new locksand the widening of existing navigational channels; and
Deepening of the navigation channels and the elevationof Gatun Lake's maximum operating level
HISTORY
The idea of the Panama canal dates back to 1513, when Vasco Núñez de Balboa first crossed the isthmus. The narrow land bridge between North and South America houses the Panama Canal,a water passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The earliest European colonists recognized this potential, and several proposals for a canal were made.The idea of a canal across Central America was revived during the early 19th century. In 1819, the Spanish government authorized the construction of a canal and the creation of a company to build it.
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