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Scenes Along the Panama Canal Journey Report
A Panama fragment details a February 21 tour of the Culebra cut and Gatun to Miraflores locks. Observers describe lock design safety, water management, breakwaters, and Balboa across to Panama City, with reflections on old Panama ruins and a farewell voyage aboard the Cartago.
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Panama
Culebra
Atlantic
Pacific
Gatun
Gatun Lake
Chagres
Pedro Miguel
Pacific Ocean
Miraflores Lake
Miraflores
Miraflores Lock
H. H. Rousseau
Isthmian Commission
Alhhajuela
Suez Canal
Diamgh
Pedro Miguel Lock
Balboa
Canal
Panama City
Ancon Hill
Ocean
Ancon
Harry Green
Decorah
Dailey
Britt
Scott and Clarke
New York
South America
Spain
Ian Ma
Peru
Morsan
Colon
Motherland
Old Panama
Tropics