Panama and the canal . e flat cars. On a seat atthe base of the long arm sits the man who guides its move-ments. As we stand watching, a locomotive pushes up besidethe shovel a long train of empty flat cars. With a loudclatter of chains and the hiss of escaping steam the dipperis lowered. See the almost human way in which it digsin its teeth and comes up again full of the rough, brokenmaterial. The long arm swings the dipper over a flat car,the bottom opens, and the load is dropped on the car atthe exact spot where it is wanted. And back again goesthe dipper for another load. Perhaps this time
Panama and the canal . e flat cars. On a seat atthe base of the long arm sits the man who guides its move-ments. As we stand watching, a locomotive pushes up besidethe shovel a long train of empty flat cars. With a loudclatter of chains and the hiss of escaping steam the dipperis lowered. See the almost human way in which it digsin its teeth and comes up again full of the rough, brokenmaterial. The long arm swings the dipper over a flat car,the bottom opens, and the load is dropped on the car atthe exact spot where it is wanted. And back again goesthe dipper for another load. Perhaps this time it is a singlegreat rock that is to be lifted. To get beneath this rockand to nicely balance it on the dipper requires such wonder-ful skill on the part of the steam shovel men as only longpractice can give. Up comes the rock, nevertheless. Beforewe realize it, the flat car is loaded and another is pushedinto its place. And so the work goes on from hour to hourwith much noise and steam and smoke. THROUGH THE ROCKS 205. -, -^ U /.t
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