. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. ControlBoard for the MirafloresLocks of the Panama Canal. Oneor Two Operators at These Boards HaveAbsolute Control of the Passage of a Ship through theLocks. By Electrical Control Levers They Let the Waterfrom One Chamber into Another, Swing the ImmenseGates, Raise and Lower Guard Chains; and all the TimeThey Watch the Indicators spectively with a width of 100 feet each;the Gatun lake area to the dam, of whichthe lift up is 85 feet, extends to 164 squaremiles; the channel depth of the GatunLake ranges from 45 to 85 feet and thedepth of water in
. Popular electricity magazine in plain English. ControlBoard for the MirafloresLocks of the Panama Canal. Oneor Two Operators at These Boards HaveAbsolute Control of the Passage of a Ship through theLocks. By Electrical Control Levers They Let the Waterfrom One Chamber into Another, Swing the ImmenseGates, Raise and Lower Guard Chains; and all the TimeThey Watch the Indicators spectively with a width of 100 feet each;the Gatun lake area to the dam, of whichthe lift up is 85 feet, extends to 164 squaremiles; the channel depth of the GatunLake ranges from 45 to 85 feet and thedepth of water in the famous CulebraCut channel is 45 feet. As to the amountof excavation work and other such232 POPULAR ELECTRICITY and the WORLDS ADVANCE 1233 PACIFIC OCEAN. This Birds-eye View of the Canal Zone Gives a Very Comprehensive Idea of the Canal Itself and the Great 1 >nksand Cuts through Which the Commerce of All Nations Will Soon be Passing. statistics, that need not be repeated for passage of boats Ehrough the canal is here. The whole affair is so stupendous set at twelve hours with three ho when it comes to the digging part of it the passage of the locks. Finally the that the mind can hardly grasp it. But estimated cost o\ the canal is set at it may be added that the average time 8375,000,000. 1234 POPULAR ELECTRICITY and the WORLDS ADVANCE
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