. History of the Panama canal; its construction and builders . ntlythere come four electric locomotives downthe walls of the locks. They make fastto our ship, two at the stem and two atthe stern. Held thus in leash, the shipcannot go too fast, nor swing too muchfrom one side of the lock to the the lines from the towing locomo-tives are being made fast, the big chainthat stretched across our path is beinglet down, the gates of the lower lock arebeing swung open and everything is madeready for our entrance. Meanwhile, anofficial of the canal has come aboard. Helocks every lever in ou
. History of the Panama canal; its construction and builders . ntlythere come four electric locomotives downthe walls of the locks. They make fastto our ship, two at the stem and two atthe stern. Held thus in leash, the shipcannot go too fast, nor swing too muchfrom one side of the lock to the the lines from the towing locomo-tives are being made fast, the big chainthat stretched across our path is beinglet down, the gates of the lower lock arebeing swung open and everything is madeready for our entrance. Meanwhile, anofficial of the canal has come aboard. Helocks every lever in our engine room sothat under no circumstances can one ofthem be moved while we are in the this time, the towing locomotives havebeen made fast; they begin to hum andslowly move us into the first lock. Oncein this place, the big gates swing shut afterus and up out of the bottom of the lockcomes a flood of water. This water gradu-ally raises us a distance of twenty-eight andone-third feet. While we have been liftedthe locomotives which pulled us forward. SECRETARIES OF STATE I. John Hay. 3. Philander C. Knox. 2. Elihu Root. 4. William J. Bryan.
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