Steam-Shovels at Work in Culebra Cut - Panama Canal
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| During the year 1912, about 5,000,000 cubic yards of dirt slid into this cut, greatly delaying the work. A man-made valley that cuts through the continental divide, the cut forms part of the Panama Canal, linking Lake Gatún, and thereby the Atlantic Ocean, to the Gulf of Panama and the Pacific Ocean. It is 12.6 km (7.8 mi) from the Pedro Miguel lock on the Pacific side to the Chagres River arm of Lake Gatun, with a water level 26 m (85 ft) above sea level |
