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Title: Meeting of the Atlantic & Pacific, The Kiss of the Oceans
Publication Information: I. L. Maduro Jr
Contributing Institution: California State University, Fresno
Collection: Worlds Fair Collection
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Description: No. 5881
On recto: Canal Statistics; Length 40 miles; Channel width on top 500 to 1000ft; channel width on bottom, 300-650 ft; Time of passage Through Canal 10 hours Through Locks 3 hours. Gatun Dam Length of crest 8000ft; Extreme width 2600 ft. Locks; At Gatun 3 double sets, At Pedro Miguel 1 double set, At Miraflores 2 double sets; Average lift 32 ft.; Length 1000; Width 110 ft; Culebra Cut Length 9 miles; Total number of men employed 40,000;Estimated total cost;375,000,000;Area of Canal Zone 448 Sq. Miles
Type: image
Format: 8.8 cm. x 13.8 cm.
Identifier: EXP915a.504pc
http://digitized.library.fresnostate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/worldsfair/id/14934
Subject: Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Place: San Francisco, California
Source: Donald G. Larson Collection on International Expositions and Fairs
Relation: World's Fair Collection

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