How the Panama Canal Works
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Description: Explains how the Panama works by using Java Applet for the animation and photos.
How the Panama Canal works plus canal history, edge animation Experimental Edge Animation explaining the operation of the Panama Canal The opening of the waterway to world commerce on August 15, 1914, represented the realization of a heroic dream of over 400 years.The 50 miles across the isthmus were among the hardest ever won by human ingenuity. Some interesting facts: * A ship traveling from New York to San Francisco can save 7'872 miles using the Panama Canal instead of going around South America. * In the fiscal year 1994 there where 14'029 transits, which carried 170.8 million long tons of cargo and paid US $ 419.2 million in tolls. * The highest Canal toll was US $ 141,344.91 paid by the Crown Princess and the lowest toll ever paid was 36 cents by Richard Halliburton for swimming the Canal in 1928. * The average time spent in transit from port to port is approx. 8 - 10 hours. * Until Lake Mead was formed by the building of the Hoover Dam, Gatun Lake was the largest artificial body of water in the world.
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| Page title: | How the Panama Canal works plus canal history, edge animation |
| Keywords: | Panama Canal,History,Panama City,works, function, Colon, esclusas, transito,transit, lesseps,gatun, lake, america, southamerica, ship, shiptransit, pcc,el niñno,java ,spanish ,pictures |
| Description: | How the Panama Canal works, Java applet, Canal transit animation, Panama City, Colon, |
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| Date | Creation Date: 27-may-1997 Expiration Date: 26-may-2017 |