Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . TRAVELING CRANES THAT BEAR THE BRUNT OE BURDEN CARRYING 2l8 PANAMA AND THE CANAL edly wig-wag-ging- If we climb up-on one of the emp-ty fiat cars wewill see that uponthe floor of thewhole train, usu-ally made up ofabout 20 cars, isstretched a stoutcable attached toa heavy ironwedge like a snowplow which, whilethe train is load-ing, is on the endcar. Hingedsheets of steel fallinto place be-tween the cars,making the trainfloor continuous from end to end. If we should accompany the trainto the dump—say at the great fill at Balboa abouttwelve miles fr
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . TRAVELING CRANES THAT BEAR THE BRUNT OE BURDEN CARRYING 2l8 PANAMA AND THE CANAL edly wig-wag-ging- If we climb up-on one of the emp-ty fiat cars wewill see that uponthe floor of thewhole train, usu-ally made up ofabout 20 cars, isstretched a stoutcable attached toa heavy ironwedge like a snowplow which, whilethe train is load-ing, is on the endcar. Hingedsheets of steel fallinto place be-tween the cars,making the trainfloor continuous from end to end. If we should accompany the trainto the dump—say at the great fill at Balboa abouttwelve miles from the Cut—we shall find that when it.
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