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Panama
 
   
Miraflores Locks Visitor Center
 
 

 

View From Top Of Visitor Center

 

 

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Leaving Gamboa 104 year old bridge
Holland America Lines Cruise ship

 

 

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Largest ship currently going through the Canal until new portion is complete

 

 

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MiraFlores Locks closing
Zuiderdam ship leaving the locks

 

 

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Lock behind this one fills up and will be ready for this next freighter coming through

 

 

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Spillway for the lake around the canal
Miraflores Lock Visitor Center

 

 

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Images from the museum representing the workers with a large Chinese influence

 

 

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Removed 59,747,620 cubic meters of rock and soil during the canal dredging

 

 

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Hydraulic suction dredge
John Stevens Chief Engineer 1905-1907

 

 

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Soil spreader
Concrete seldom used until construction of the Canal

 

 

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Control Center for the operation of the ships coming in and out of the Canal

 

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