Sunday, July 7, 2013

Panama Canal -- Atlantic to Pacific Oceans

Familiar sites on the Panama Canal.
Tugboat ready to assist.
Another ship waiting to transit.
Hardworking "mules".
Exiting narrow locks.



Building the Panama Canal was an even greater challenge than building the Suez Canal.
The following video shows the great difficulties encountered by the builders.
(49 minutes)

Experience Panama - Seven Wonders Of The World -- 49 minutes (BBC)

 

The building of the Panama Canal -- French and American contributions
(Not suitable for very young children)
Click on Box (Lower Right) after film begins.
This will increase the size to full screen.

3 comments:

Joyful said...

I often think of how difficult it was (and is) to build the infrastructure that we use today. I like your photo on the canal.

Cezar and Léia said...

Very important canal!I love your first composition and thanks for sharing the video, I'm going to enjoy it!
hugs
Léia

Firefly the Travel Guy said...

I can imagine that travelling through the canal on a cruise ship must be a wonderful experience