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Cockroach slide in Panama Canal tempts fate
Report from the Culebra cut describes the Cucaracha slide and break carving a 25th slide along the canal during construction. Colonel Goethals and Col Gaillard discuss costs, safety, and future timing with water set for October and a canal completion target around January 1915.
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Colonei Ys
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
United States
Goethals
Culebra
Davn
Ferdinand de Lesseps
D. D. Gaillard
Central Division
Empire
Isthmian Canal Commission
Colonel Gaillard
Culebra Cut
Pacific Entrance