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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometer waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of... Wikipedia

  • Length:  82 km (50.95 mi)
  • Maximum boat length:  366 m
  • Maximum boat beam:  49 m
  • Locks:  3 locks up, 3 down per transit, all three lanes, (3 lanes of locks)
  • Status:  Opened in 1914, expansion opened 26 June 2016
  • Principal engineer:  Armand Reclus and Gaston Blanchet (1881–1882), Jules Dingler (1883-1885), Maurice Hutin (1885), Philippe Bunau-Varilla (1885-1886, acting), Léo Boyer (1886), M. Nouailhac-Pioch (1886, acting), M. Jacquier (1886-1889), Philippe Bunau-Varilla (1894-1903), John Findley Wallace (1904–1905), John Frank Stevens (1905–1907), George Washington Goethals (1907–1914)
  • Start point:  Caribbean Sea (part of Atlantic Ocean)
  • End point:  Pacific Ocean
  • Connects to:  Pacific Ocean from Atlantic Ocean and vice versa
  • Data Source:  DuckDuckGo
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