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Panama Canal Completion Seen Delayed for World Use
Panama Canal gains near completion but officials warn the canal will not be open to world shipping until January 1, 1915. Gatun lake water levels rise to enable ocean vessels, while construction fleets of steam shovels and locomotives deploy across the zone under U S supervision.
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Colon
Panama
Panama Canal
Ray L. Smith
Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Gatun Lake
Chagres
Culebra
Pedro Miguel
Miraflores Lake
Miraflores
Bay of Panama
Limon Bay
Atlantic
Pacific
Joe French
Canal
Lst
Panama Railroad
Cristobal
Sea Quartermaster’s Department
New
Panama Canal Company
Republic of Panama
United States
Gatun
Aeasaei Ink
Riden
Canal Zone
Panama City
G. W. Goethals
America
George Washington Goethals
Merly
Goethals
Champ
Com University du Canal Inter-Oc de
Ferdinand de
Prac Bse
Pany
Chamber of Deputies
Tire Company
Republic of Colombia
France
Colombia
McKinley
Panama Company
Ned
Congress