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Building Gatún Locks

Building Gatún Locks
In this photograph, the huge gates and concrete chamber of Gatún Locks are shown during construction of the Panama Canal, which was completed in 1914. The canal's locks were the largest ever built at the time.
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Panama Canal; Army Corps of Engineers; Central America; Panama
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