ant from each other about 1,000 feet. The Panama Canal steam pilotboat now places ized; that the work has been completed by the year pilot, a few turns are given to the wheel, and the ? 9 III T^K?7!^ ' ! ■ ! ' '• ' i i ! ' ! ' '<! L J ' ~\ATLAtfTfG 4? li, 1 J. 6 O Pt(L tt; £ ^V h tl j< &jlS ^ :… … The canal extends from the 40-foot line on the Atlantic to the 40-foot line on the Pacific, a distance of 50 miles. The first 8 miles Is a sea-ievel channel; next is 24 miles of lake navigation at 85 feet above sea level; then 7J£ miles of narrow canal through the Culebra hills; then 5 miles of…
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