Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . FUoto by Underwood & UnderwoQct THE SLICED-OFF HILL AT ANCON THE ALMOST HUMAN WORK OF THE STEAM SHOVEL 215. Photo bi/ S. H. ElUoU A LOCK-CHAMBER FROM ABOVE 33 miles. The lay mind does not at first think ofit, but it is a fact that it was no easy task to selectspots for all this refuse in a territory only 436square miles in area, of which 164 square miles iscovered by Gatun Lake and much of the rest ishigher than the Cut and therefore unsuited fordumps. The amount of material disposed of wouldcreate new land worth untold millions could it havebeen
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . FUoto by Underwood & UnderwoQct THE SLICED-OFF HILL AT ANCON THE ALMOST HUMAN WORK OF THE STEAM SHOVEL 215. Photo bi/ S. H. ElUoU A LOCK-CHAMBER FROM ABOVE 33 miles. The lay mind does not at first think ofit, but it is a fact that it was no easy task to selectspots for all this refuse in a territory only 436square miles in area, of which 164 square miles iscovered by Gatun Lake and much of the rest ishigher than the Cut and therefore unsuited fordumps. The amount of material disposed of wouldcreate new land worth untold millions could it havebeen dumped along the lake front of Chicago, or inthe Hackensack meadows near New York. To load these busy trains there were in the Cutin its busiest days 43 steam shovels mainly of thetype that would take five cubic yards of material ata bite. One load for each of these shovels tons of rock, tons of earth, or tons ofthe run of the Cut—themixed candy of the Culebrashop. March 11, 1911, wasthe record day for work onthe Central Division ofwhich the Cut is the largestcomponent part. That day333 loaded trains were runout and as many in
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