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Slides and Digs of the Panama Canal Culebra Cut
A vivid account of the Culebra Cut challenges in Panama detailing massive slides, earth removal, and the work of Colonel D. D. Gaillard. It notes 26 slides covering up to 25 acres, 22 million cubic yards of removed material, and the shift from French to American machinery plus the role of steam shovels, trains, and dynamite in the dig.
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Culebra Cut
Panama Canal
Panama
Gaillard
D. D. Gaillard
Central Division
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Bays Obispo
Edro
Miguel
Gatun
Pedro Miguel
United Tates
Contractor’s Hill
al Avour
Goethals
Go@thals
Pacific
Atlantic
Gamboa
Culebra