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mE' U. so" t 4d-- I- -L r r. w _ .. rw ~ 1 5 2171 7-A 1100-Ton Gate Under Construction, Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal. To withstand the enormous pressure of the water in the locks powerful gates are be- ing constructed. The one shown in the pic- ture weighs 1100 tons, and the total weight required for all the gates on the canal will be 57,000 tons. As is readily noticed from this view, these gates are made of steel. The gates will be 7 feet in thickness, 65 feet in length, and their height will vary from 47 to 82 feet. In order to lock through smaller vessels with a saving of time and water, in- termediate gates will be constructed in the Copyright 1912, by Key locks. These will divide the lo-cks into com- partments with a length of 400 and 600 feet, respectively. Less than five percent of the vessels navigating the high seas are 600 feet or over in length. The lower gates at the Pedro Miguel locks ill open into Miraflores Lake, a small lake wiLt an area of about two square miles. ThiA lake will be formed by the backing up of the water from the neighboring streams by the concrete dam with spillway on the east side at Miraflores. stone View Company. '* 9 r _~4iC I; I I~ |
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