Front:
California Invites The World'
PANAMA - PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.U.S.A.
1915
100:000,
CANAL
COPYRIGHT BY EDWARD ELKUS, 191O
CANAL STATISTICS.
Length of Canal 50) Miles.
Culebra Cut Depth 300 Feet.
Locks in Pairs 12.
Canal Co. Formed By The French 1879.
* Work Begun “
Eight Years Work “
Work Begun By U. S. May 4, 1904.
U. S. Paid French Canal Co.
U. S. “ Republic of Panama $10,000,000.
Cost of Canal Total Over $375,000,000.
Date of Completion January 1st, 1915.
Shortening of Route N. Y. to S. F. 8,415 Miles.
A Yearly Saving of Millions to the Shipping World.
1881.
Cost $300,000,000
66
Locks Usable Length 1,000 Feet.
* Width
110 "
$40,000,000.
Excavation Estimated Total 174,666,596 C. Y.
By French Useful 29,908,000 C. Y.
5,000,000 C. Y.
Time of Transit Through Canal 10 to 12 Hours
Concrete Total Estimate
" Passage
66
Locks 3 Hours.
Canal Force Actually At Work 39,000
Back:
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Exposition Novelty Co., 509 Sansome St., S. F.
