. Christian herald. THE ROUTE OF THE PANAMA CANAL tends through the valley of the Chaeres andthrough the trench known as Culebra Cut, a dis-tance of 32 miles, to a point on the Pacific side ofthe continental divide, known as Pedro , one lock effects the lift from the lake level. A VIEW OK THE GATUN LOCKS 25 feet to a small lake one and one-half isquare. The lift from this lake to sea level ifected at Miraflores in a series of two lock^.high level is maintained by a dam one and one-miles long, thrown across the valley of the Chajlat Gatun. This forms Gatun Lake, a sheetwater which ha
. Christian herald. THE ROUTE OF THE PANAMA CANAL tends through the valley of the Chaeres andthrough the trench known as Culebra Cut, a dis-tance of 32 miles, to a point on the Pacific side ofthe continental divide, known as Pedro , one lock effects the lift from the lake level. A VIEW OK THE GATUN LOCKS 25 feet to a small lake one and one-half isquare. The lift from this lake to sea level ifected at Miraflores in a series of two lock^.high level is maintained by a dam one and one-miles long, thrown across the valley of the Chajlat Gatun. This forms Gatun Lake, a sheetwater which has an area of 164 sqcmiles. Through the lake the ship channdfrom 500 to 1,000 feet broad. The Panama Canal Describe^ A GLANCE at the map of the canal she*that from Colon at the Atlantic endoPanama at the Pacific end the directior sfrom northwest to southeast, and not frtaeast to west as generally supposed by thwwho have not given the subject Lake, which makes half of the cala lake canal, is a body of fresh water, w ian area of one hundred and sixty-fi •square miles, brought into existence •damming the waters of the Chagres Ki^•at Gatun. Gatun Dam is only remarkable forhugeness and the incredibly short timewhich Colonel Goethals and his men C(structed it. It is a
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