. Christian herald. his authoritativebook, The Panama Gatetvay,says: There were at during the canal con-struction 22 slides of variouskinds, covering an area ag-gregating 220 acres, andcompelling an excavation of25,000,000 cubic yards, orabout one-fourth of the ex-cavation of the Culebra. delay did not affect thedate of the completion of thecanal. In spite of the addi-tion of 25,000,000 cubic yardsof slide excavation, the Cule-bra Cut was ready for usewhen the condition of thelock work allowed the waterto be turned in. The various canal projects,of which the event of Octo
. Christian herald. his authoritativebook, The Panama Gatetvay,says: There were at during the canal con-struction 22 slides of variouskinds, covering an area ag-gregating 220 acres, andcompelling an excavation of25,000,000 cubic yards, orabout one-fourth of the ex-cavation of the Culebra. delay did not affect thedate of the completion of thecanal. In spite of the addi-tion of 25,000,000 cubic yardsof slide excavation, the Cule-bra Cut was ready for usewhen the condition of thelock work allowed the waterto be turned in. The various canal projects,of which the event of October10 is the culmination, dateback four hundred by design or by acci-dent, the date of this eventtook place exactly four hun-dred years after the discov-ery of the Pacific Ocean byVasco Nunez Balboa onContinued on next page Copyrigrht, American Press Association THE COMPLETED GATUN LOCKS AT PANAMA THE CHRISTIAN HERALD, October 22. 1913 Page 9SS UNITING THE TWO GREAT OCEAN! Continued from preceding page. THE SAFETY GATES AT GATUN Copyliffht by International News Service THE MIRAFLORES LOCKS THE PEDRO MIGUEL LOCKS September 25 (old style), 1513. The real historyof Panama is the history of the Canal. The earlySpanish explorers employed the two rivers throughwhose valleys the Panama Canal has been would row their boats from the Pacific side tothe Rio Grande, to the head of navigation, whencethey would carry them across the continen-tal divide, through the pass at Culebra Cut,floating them again in a tributary of theChagres River until they reached the At-lantic Ocean. Because of the commercialure of these tributary streams, the Chagreswas explored and uf^ed as one of the routesfor carrying merchandise and treasureacross the Isthmus. The first plans for building a canal toconnect the two rivers was broached in 1534,but the undertaking was too stupendous tobe considered even by so intrepid a monarchas Charles the First. Later, the CatholicChurch in Spain inter
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