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California Invites The World"
PANAMA PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.U.S.A.
19150
4GR-1915
MEANA
COPYRIGHT BY EDWARD ELKUS, 1910
CANAL STATISTICS
Length of Canal 50 Miles.
Culebra Cut Depth 300 Feet.
Locks in Pairs 12.
Locks Usable Length 1,000 Feet
Width 110 "
Excavation Estimated Total
174,666,596 C. Y.
By French Useful 29,908,000 C. Y.
Concrete Total Estimate
5,000,000 C. Y.
Time of Transit Through Canal 10 to 12 Hours
"Passage
64
Locks 3 Hours.
Canal Force Actually At Work 39,000
Canal Co. Formed By The French 1879.
"Work Begun "
1881.
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Cost $300,000,000
$40,000,000.
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.
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