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Panama Canal Wonders Captivate Avid Observer
A country editor describes Gatun Lake and Culebra Cut as a vast inland sea with 85 foot locks and 45 foot channel depth. He details the immense cement works, slides, and dredging, the 92 lock levers, and the 436 square mile canal zone highlighting strategic and commercial implications for the United States and its South American trade.
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Panama Canal
Gatun Lake
Isthmus
Gatun
Chagres
Panama
Cordilleras
Tropics
Bas Obispo
Culebra Cut
Culebra
Pedro Miguel
Miraflores
Pacific
Atlantic
Canal Zone
Bay of Panama
Perico
Naos
Colon
Ter
United States
South America