Sunday, July 22, 2012

Miraflores Locks museum

 The Miraflores Locks museum has an observation area, movie about the construction and display area with models of the equipment used to build the locks.
tugs and ship going through the locks

The locks fill by gravity from Lake Gatun. The locks being constructed now will fill using pumps, recirculating the water.


 There was a hospital on the island of Taboga to care for the malaria and Typhoid victims during the construction of the canal.
a dredging boat model caught Rick's eye


this is a model of the doors on the locks

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