{"id":2615,"date":"2016-05-02T20:05:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T20:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2017-11-17T20:09:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:09:19","slug":"happy-centennial-panama-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/happy-centennial-panama-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Centennial Panama Canal!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As seen on Buzzfeed :<\/em>
\nhttp:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ayao2\/photos-that-reveal-the-timelessness-of-the-100-yea-qxb7<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PHOTOS REVEALING THE TIMELESSNESS OF THE 100-YEAR-OLD PANAMA CANAL<\/strong><\/h1>\n

On August 15, the Panama Canal will welcome its Centennial celebration. Here are photos that show that after 100 years, little has changed at the Panama Canal and it remains as ageless as Joan Rivers.<\/p>\n

Gatun Locks – THEN<\/h2>\n

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Roscoe G. Searle, National Geographic; US Library of Congress \/ nationalgeographic.com;\u00a0canalmuseum.com<\/em><\/p>\n

We start on the Caribbean side, where the Gatun Locks connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Panama Canal. These gigantic metallic gates \u201clock\u201d and fill up with water, to lift (or lower) boats from sea level, to dry land – and connect inland with a natural freshwater lake, The Gatun Lake.<\/p>\n

Gatun Locks \u2013 NOW<\/h2>\n

\"IMG_9928<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IMG_0070<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"IMG_0189The locks fill with water, elevating the boat on level with Lake Gatun.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Culebra Cut – THEN<\/h2>\n

\"Dredges\"<\/a><\/p>\n

US Library of Congress \/ Via\u00a0canalmuseum.com\u00a0;\u00a0historycentral.com\u00a0;\u00a0wikimedia.org;\u00a0wikipedia.org<\/em><\/p>\n

The Culebra Cut are the man-made dredges that connect the Gatun Lake (a natural fresh water lake) to the Pedro Miguel Locks (which eventually connect to the Pacific!). It took 32 years (of combined French & American effort) to excavate the dirt from the mountain ridge.<\/p>\n

Culebra Cut \u2013 NOW<\/h2>\n


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\"IMG_9688_1\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Ships pass through Gatun Lake to traverse over to the Pacific side. The path has become a popular route for cruise ships.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>small boats mingle with large container ships.<\/p>\n

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Pedro Miguel Locks – THEN<\/h2>\n

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\n<\/a>US Library of Congress \/ Via\u00a0canalmuseum.com;\u00a0sheppardsoftware.com;<\/em><\/p>\n

The Gatun Lake eventually make way to the Pedro Miguel Locks, which lead the way to the Miraflores Locks, the gatekeeper to the Pacific Ocean!<\/p>\n

Pedro Miguel Locks \u2013 NOW<\/h2>\n

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\n<\/a>\"IMG_9609<\/a>\"IMG_9631\"IMG_0034<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Miraflores Locks – THEN<\/h2>\n

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\n<\/a>US Library of Congress; Ernest Hallen, National Geographic \/ Via\u00a0canalmuseum.com;\u00a0panamascanal.com;\u00a0wxxi.org; nationalgeographic.com<\/em><\/p>\n

Finally – the Miraflores Locks connect the Panama Canal to the Pacific Ocean! The gates lock and fill with water, and raise (or lower) boats 43-64 feet to sea level, where they carry their journey to the Pacific!<\/p>\n

Miraflores Locks \u2013 NOW<\/h2>\n

\"_IMG_0001\"IMG_9785_1The birds are the gatekeepers to the Pacific<\/a>\"IMG_9794<\/a>
\n<\/a>\"IMG_9736<\/a>\"IMG_9777\"IMG_9732<\/a>
\n<\/a>\"IMG_9668<\/a>\"IMG_9965Even massive ships like these are guided through to keep steady while the water floods into the canal.<\/a>\"IMG_9884<\/a>\"IMG_9801\"IMG_9705\"IMG_9851<\/a>\"IMG_9808<\/a><\/p>\n

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Over the years a few things have changed\u2026<\/h2>\n

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The Port of Balboa (Pacific side) –<\/h2>\n

\"00005Via\u00a0aquaticcommons.org\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Panama Railroad Station, Balboa, 1928<\/p>\n

\u2014– NOW<\/h2>\n

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\n<\/a><\/p>\n

The Port of Colon (Caribbean side) –<\/h2>\n

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Via\u00a0czimages.com\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Fort Sherman – 1917 \u2013 Barracks<\/p>\n

\u2014- NOW<\/h2>\n

\"IMG_9583<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Barracks, unused<\/p>\n

\"IMG_9580<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Fort Sherman – unused, deserted<\/p>\n

But – through the years, the Canal continues to inspire\u2026<\/h2>\n

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\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Humility, in witnessing\u00a0the many hands that help guide your ship,<\/h2>\n

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Awe, in realizing\u00a0man\u2019s smallness \u2026<\/h2>\n

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\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026 And the burst of excitement when finally arriving at the other side – and entering the wide, wide Sea!<\/h2>\n

\"IMG_9879<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As seen on Buzzfeed : http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ayao2\/photos-that-reveal-the-timelessness-of-the-100-yea-qxb7 PHOTOS REVEALING THE TIMELESSNESS OF THE 100-YEAR-OLD PANAMA CANAL On August 15, the Panama Canal will welcome its Centennial celebration. Here are photos that show that after 100 years, little has changed at the Panama Canal and it remains as ageless as Joan Rivers. Gatun Locks – THEN Roscoe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[170,175,173,171,172,174,176],"class_list":["post-2615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-centennial","tag-experiences","tag-history","tag-panama-canal","tag-panama-city","tag-panamanian-history","tag-things-to-do","content-box content-box-wrapper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vivavenao.com\/v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}