Java Animation explaining the operation of the Panama Canal, expect about 55 seconds downloadtime w/ 28.8 modem.
Panama Canal
The
opening of the waterway to world commerce on August 15, 1914, represented the
realization of a heroic dream of over 400 years.The 50 miles across the isthmus
were among the hardest ever won by human ingenuity. Some interesting facts: * A
ship traveling from New York to San Francisco can save 7'872 miles using the
Panama Canal instead of going around South America. * In the fiscal year 1994
there where 14'029 transits, which carried 170.8 million long tons of cargo and
paid US $ 419.2 million in tolls. * The highest Canal toll was US $ 141,344.91
paid by the Crown Princess and the lowest toll ever paid was 36 cents by Richard
Halliburton for swimming the Canal in 1928. * The average time spent in transit
from port to port is approx. 8 - 10 hours. * Until Lake Mead was formed by the
building of the Hoover Dam, Gatun Lake was the largest artificial body of water
in the world.
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