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Title: Panama-Pacific / Panama-California / Souvenir / 1915
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: International Harvester Company of America
Subjects: Panama Canal Panama-Pacific International Exposition Panama-California Exposition 1915 International Harvester
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Contributing Library: The Committee of One Hundred
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on the Pacific Coast. The distance, along the route of the Canafifty miles, including the sea level entrance to the channels. An erroneous impression widely prevails as to the geograph f the C On first thought, it would seem that the Canal s would extend from east to west, across the Isthmus of Panama; how-ever, by referring to the map, it is plain that the entrance from theAtlantic side is farther west than the entrance on the Pacific side. Aa result it is possible to see the sun rise over the Pacific from the cityof Panama, and see the sun set over the Caribbean Sea at the city ofColon. •From the Atlantic side to the Gatun locks the Canal is seven mileslong and 500 feet wide. At Gatun, an 85-foot lake level is obtained byan enormous dam, and the vessels in passing from the sea level to thelevel of the lake do so through a series of three adjoining locks, each th a lift of 281 5 feet This great Gatun Dam forms an immense lake known as the Gatun

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