Miraflores Locks on Panama Canal
by Kirsten Giving
Title
Miraflores Locks on Panama Canal
Artist
Kirsten Giving
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Photograph - Photo
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This closeup view of one of the locks of the Panama Canal (finished in 1914) shows how the locomotives, also called "mules," have to go up/down hill as they pull the ships. The two-ton locomotives run on railroad-type tracks but with a cog system in the middle. The cogs prevent the ships from pulling the trains off the tracks. The operations go 24 hours a day, after the addition of many powerful lights. Large ships have just a few inches of clearance on either side; thus the importance of keeping them going straight!
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March 19th, 2014
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