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Panama Canal Locks
Search for the other Princess on the seas
Gatun Lake Locks (looking towards the Caribbean Sea) from the deck of the Coral Princess cruise ship, April 2009
As seen by the ship captain: the aft deck and Princess Cruise flag
As seen by the ship passengers: 3 sets of Gatun Locks (lift of 85 feet)
Each transiting ship uses at least 52,000,000 gallons of fresh water! Anyone looking for a bountiful source of fresh water?
As seen by the Joe-kster: the “other” Princess!
Panama Canal Statistics
Creation of the Panama Canal - 1870 to 1914
Panama Canal Zone - 436 square miles
First failed construction of Panama Canal by France
January 1881 - February 1889 by Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as
“The Great Engineer” after completing the Suez Canal in 1869
Chief Engineers (U.S.) - John Wallace, June 1904 - June 2905
John Stevens, July 1905 - January 1907
George Goethals, February 1907 - January 1914
Length of canal - 50 miles with 15.5 miles sea level & salt water, &
34.5 miles elevated & fresh water
Transit time - 8 to 16 hours
Shortened distance from New York to San Francisco by 7,843 miles
Gatun Lake - 164 square miles
Miraflores Lake - 1.88 square miles
Channel across Gatun Lake - 24 miles
Channel across Miraflores Lake - 1.5 miles
Gaillard Cut (Culebra Cut) - 9 miles long
Lowest toll paid - swimmer Richard Halliburton, 36 cents in 1928
Gatun Locks - 3 sets of locks - lift 85 feet
Pedro Miguel Locks - 1 set of locks - lift 30 feet
Miraflores Locks - 2 sets of locks - lift 55 feet
Lock chambers - 1,000 feet long, 110 feet wide, 70 to 80 feet deep
Total lock gates - 46
Each transiting ship uses at least 52,000,000 gallons of fresh water
Gatun Dam - 1.5 miles long, width @ top - 100 feet, width @ base -
.5 mile, 105 feet above sea level
Miraflores spillway dam - 500 feet long with 8 gates
Total American excavation - 232,440,945 cubic yards
Greatest number of employees at one time - 56,645 in 1913
Recommended Reading: “The Path Between The Seas”,
The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 by David McCullough,
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1977, ISBN 0-671-22563-4
Creation of the Panama Canal - 1870 to 1914
Panama Canal Zone - 436 square miles
First failed construction of Panama Canal by France
January 1881 - February 1889 by Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as
“The Great Engineer” after completing the Suez Canal in 1869
Chief Engineers (U.S.) - John Wallace, June 1904 - June 2905
John Stevens, July 1905 - January 1907
George Goethals, February 1907 - January 1914
Length of canal - 50 miles with 15.5 miles sea level & salt water, &
34.5 miles elevated & fresh water
Transit time - 8 to 16 hours
Shortened distance from New York to San Francisco by 7,843 miles
Gatun Lake - 164 square miles
Miraflores Lake - 1.88 square miles
Channel across Gatun Lake - 24 miles
Channel across Miraflores Lake - 1.5 miles
Gaillard Cut (Culebra Cut) - 9 miles long
Lowest toll paid - swimmer Richard Halliburton, 36 cents in 1928
Gatun Locks - 3 sets of locks - lift 85 feet
Pedro Miguel Locks - 1 set of locks - lift 30 feet
Miraflores Locks - 2 sets of locks - lift 55 feet
Lock chambers - 1,000 feet long, 110 feet wide, 70 to 80 feet deep
Total lock gates - 46
Each transiting ship uses at least 52,000,000 gallons of fresh water
Gatun Dam - 1.5 miles long, width @ top - 100 feet, width @ base -
.5 mile, 105 feet above sea level
Miraflores spillway dam - 500 feet long with 8 gates
Total American excavation - 232,440,945 cubic yards
Greatest number of employees at one time - 56,645 in 1913
Recommended Reading: “The Path Between The Seas”,
The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 by David McCullough,
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1977, ISBN 0-671-22563-4
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I hope my ship comes in before my dock rots. - Unknown
Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm. - Publilius Syrus
Zinc: What a ship will do if it has a hole in it - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. - Jonathan Winters
Tell the men to fire faster and not give up the ship. - Captain James Lawrence
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. - Louisa May Alcott
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. - John Shedd
I have a feeling that when my ship comes in I'll be at the airport. - Charles Schulz
An entire ocean can't sink a ship unless it allows the water inside. - Donna Smith
After the ship has sunk, a consultant knows how it might have been saved. - Newt Hielscher
When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think they're going? - Douglas Gauck
Perspective is to painting what the bridle is to the horse, the rudder to a ship. - Leonardo da Vinci
If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. - Sheryl Sandberg
The ship is safest when it is in port, but that's not what ships were built for. - Paulo Coelho
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. - Epictetus
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - a waif, a nothing, a no man. - Thomas Carlyle
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. - Omar N Bradley
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. - Thomas Aquinas
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