The PANAMA canal - Page 2

Panamaniac · 9th November 2006, 05:26

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Originally Posted by Spark

Wonderful!

Panamaniac do you have renders or diagrams of the ampliation of the Panamà Canal?

Not immediately, but I'll do online research on the subject and post it later. The term "amplification" of the canal is very misleading to the casual observer. The canal itself is wide enough. What needs widening are those three bottlenecks known as "locks." But in reality, it's impossible to widen the pre-existing locks. So, the plan calls for building new and wider locks paralell to those already in operation. This will allow passage of the newer behemoth freight-carriers.

Panamaniac · 9th November 2006, 08:10

I preface my findings with the the following: I was wrong about some of the above. The canal itself will actually be widened at Gaillard Cut - the narrow passage that links Gatun lake to the Pacific Ocean. That said, here are the "renders" I found.

The new locks will be in triple flights with sliding lock gates on each chamber.

The water storage basins adjacent to each lock chamber are staged in height to allow each of them in turn to be filled by gravity as the lock chamber drains.

Source

Don Pacho · 9th November 2006, 12:42

Good info. Panamaniac, thanks !!

RWC-04 · 9th November 2006, 13:10

very impressive...

nebuchadnezzar · 9th November 2006, 15:02

I hope I get to see it someday.

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