The Panama CanalU.S. Naval Institute, 1913 - 676 pages |
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Page 629
... storage capacity of the lake between these two levels , at an average area of about 159 square miles , will supply this amount of water with a slight margin . The problem is identical in many respects with that involved in the great ...
... storage capacity of the lake between these two levels , at an average area of about 159 square miles , will supply this amount of water with a slight margin . The problem is identical in many respects with that involved in the great ...
Page 630
... storage capacity . The dam at Bohio could have been built of masonry on a rock foundation , for which the French made considerable excavation . A masonry dam on rock foundation was not possible at Gatun , because the rock is too far ...
... storage capacity . The dam at Bohio could have been built of masonry on a rock foundation , for which the French made considerable excavation . A masonry dam on rock foundation was not possible at Gatun , because the rock is too far ...
Page 634
... storage of a part of the flood - waters for use in the dry season . Its discharge capacity must be made equal to that of the greatest possible flood . To determine the amount of water , we must again seek informa- tion in the records of ...
... storage of a part of the flood - waters for use in the dry season . Its discharge capacity must be made equal to that of the greatest possible flood . To determine the amount of water , we must again seek informa- tion in the records of ...
Page 660
... storage bins for transfer by rail to the lock site . The total cost in storage at the locks was about $ 0.76 per cubic yard . To handle the stone and sand in building the Miraflores Locks , an elevated trestle was built parallel to the ...
... storage bins for transfer by rail to the lock site . The total cost in storage at the locks was about $ 0.76 per cubic yard . To handle the stone and sand in building the Miraflores Locks , an elevated trestle was built parallel to the ...
Page 661
... storage piles and dump in bins over the mixers in center of crane . The booms on the left carry the concrete for dumping in the lock walls . storage . In the lock chamber was another cantilever crane. THE PANAMA CANAL . 661 ...
... storage piles and dump in bins over the mixers in center of crane . The booms on the left carry the concrete for dumping in the lock walls . storage . In the lock chamber was another cantilever crane. THE PANAMA CANAL . 661 ...
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1½ miles 45 feet actually American amount of water approach walls Balboa Bas Obispo Board of Consulting Bohio breakwater built Canal Company capacity carried cars Chagres River channel concrete cost cubic feet cubic yards Culebra Cut culvert depth developed discharge dredging dry season dump elevation enterprise estimated excavation feet above sea-level feet long feet per second flow French canal Gatun Dam Gatun Lake Gatun Locks Gulf of Panama Isthmian Canal Isthmian Canal Commission Isthmus Lake Nicaragua length Lesseps Limon Bay lock canal lock walls material ment Miraflores Lake Miraflores Locks Nicaragua route operating Pacific side Panama Canal Panama Railroad Panama route pass Photo by Underwood Porto Bello prevent problem rainy season rock sea-level canal sea-level section seepage ships shovels silt slides slopes spillway steam-shovel stone storage tion tons Toro Point track traffic train trestle tunnel United valley valves vessels width yellow fever