|
| Map extracted from
the book: "Suez & Panama", by Benoît
Heimermann - Ed. Arthaud |
Le
canal de Panama |
|
Lenght |
79,6 km |
|
width |
152 meters (average) |
|
depth |
13 meters |
|
Drop |
26 meters (6 locks)) |
|
work started |
1881 |
|
Work completed |
1914 |
|
Cubic ms removed |
259 million |
|
Duration of transit |
8 to10 heures |
|
Traffic (Number of ships) |
14 000 p.a. |
|
| 1-Colon
cty |
| |
| 2-Gatun
locks |
| |
| 3-Lake
Gatun |
| |
| 4-Bohio |
| |
| 5-Railway |
| |
| 6-River
Chagres |
| |
| 7Lower
Obispo |
| |
| 8-Culebra |
| |
| 9-Pedro
Miguel locks |
| |
| 10-Miraflores
locks |
| |
| 11-Interamerican
highway |
| |
| 12-Bridge
of the Americas |
| |
| 13-Panama
city |
| |
| |
| |
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