. History of the Panama canal; its construction and builders . dges were lifted up fromthe sea to Gatun Lake, to begin the finalact in the conquest of Culebra Cut. TheMiraflores locks were first tried on October14, and here, also, all the gloomy fore-bodings as to unwieldy gates and thelike were quickly dispelled. The PedroMiguel locks were ready for their tryoutat the same time, but they had to awaita water supply from Culebra Cut, whichcould be provided only when the engineerswere able sufficiently to master Cucarachaslide as to permit the waters of GatunLake to pass by. Cucaracha fought a v
. History of the Panama canal; its construction and builders . dges were lifted up fromthe sea to Gatun Lake, to begin the finalact in the conquest of Culebra Cut. TheMiraflores locks were first tried on October14, and here, also, all the gloomy fore-bodings as to unwieldy gates and thelike were quickly dispelled. The PedroMiguel locks were ready for their tryoutat the same time, but they had to awaita water supply from Culebra Cut, whichcould be provided only when the engineerswere able sufficiently to master Cucarachaslide as to permit the waters of GatunLake to pass by. Cucaracha fought a very grim engineers tried to blast away the endof its toe, so that the water could creeppast, along the west bank of the cut. Aton and a half of dynamite had no effect,and successive smaller blasts were fruit-less of results. Dynamiting was thenabandoned, and men with shovels workingday and night, in eight-hour shifts, wereset to digging a trench. Hydraulic sluicingwas also tried, but it was a blasting was resumed, with a charge. i. Culebra Cut. 2. Steamer Ancon passing through Culebra Cut.
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