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On top, several vessels waiting at Gatun Lake to cross the locks. At the bottom is the canal connecting to the Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea). At the left of the existing locks is the construction area for the new set of locks with water-saving chambers, part of the Panama Canal expansion project which opened for traffic in June 2016. [2
The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
A New Panamax ship passes through the Panama Canal's Agua Clara lock in 2019. The Atlantic Bridge is seen in the background.. The Panama Canal expansion project (Spanish: ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new traffic lane, enabling more ships to transit the waterway, and increasing the width and ...
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The Panama Canal locks under construction in 1910 Pedro Miguel Locks under construction during the early 1910s, looking north, showing the center wall and intakes Main article: Panama Canal locks The construction of a canal with locks required the excavation of more than 17 million cu yd (13 million m 3 ) of material over and above the 30 ...
Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal, and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel Locks upstream. In the Miraflores locks, vessels are lifted (or lowered) 54 feet (16.5 m) in two stages, allowing them to transit to or from the Pacific Ocean port of Balboa in ...
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English: 24 hour time-lapse of the upper chamber of the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Panama. Looking north to the Pedro Miguel Locks and Centennial Bridge. Image every 30 seconds from 12.Nov.2012, 12:00 until 13.Nov.2012, 12:00. These 2880 images are displayed at 24 frames per second, video length 2 minutes.