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I .. t "i.. i: A w. 4~x;m, ~~-h";r -~~ -, :" "WVA(et~~i~r--~ ~~~8~d~Si~;F --- -C 21722-View Showin To secure this view the camera was placed on the west side of the Gatun Locks facing the southeast, towards thl great Gatun Lake. This gives us an excellent i Iea of the lilt necessary between locks. The rise here in- dicated is a little over 23 feet, as tlher is a total elevation of 85 feet in the three C %:n Locks which are constructed iA a cWA:i.-LI,; ,anal. gates are shown and described in views 21717 and 2iY0. In order to pass a boat through the locks it will be necessary to cpen and close the .orge n ter, n rties, varying from 390 'to 7:0 tov 1 ht, to operate the machinery L -i "-.;:a in the center and ;.- w.all li e;.. .py and fill the lock cham-- d 1 I LJVVI iiT: hi~;iitci f d h11i i; ;.. i -s, to r E a owI l rIj t tIle en erI c anllS , s succession. ponds, in addi T i f.. i. Icigh ,0 pounds, in addi( ,The walls and floor of each l .ar.e n: toe te a ua towing by the four loco- of concrete, as described in vivws 21:6,1, motives. All these operations will depend 21708 and 21704. Mitering gates are used upon electricity for power, and, with the at each end of the locks to retain or release exception of the towing, will be controlled the water as the occasion demands; these by one switchboard handled by one man. Copyright, 1913, by The Keystone View Company. g Rise of Walls From One Lock to Another, Panama ( qiL ~ ir |
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