PANAMA CANAL
SLIDES STILL OCCURRING. Although not given much publicity nor apparently interrupting navigation, slides continue to be referred to in the “Panama Canal Record.” In the issue of August 27, it is noted that in July dredging waft necessary to remove slides at a number of points. In on© case a break occurred stretch ing back 200 ft from the prism line, reducing the depth locally to 20ft for part of tlie channel. The West Culebra slide showed an a verage mo moment of I.lft towards the cut, with a maximum at one point of 2ft. At another point 25,000 cubic yards entered the canal, pushing into it for a distance of 65ft. Although the canal has been completed about fifteen years, it is clear that stable conditions have not been reached in spite of the great amount of work put into the undertaking.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1930, Page 2
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