KEEPING THE PANAMA CANAL CLEAR for shipping is a tremendous task. Recently a landslide involving 250,000 cubic yards of earth and rocks began moving into the Canal. It was estimated that dipper dredges, working at full pressure for a month would clear the obstruction.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 760, 5 September 1929, Page 18
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44KEEPING THE PANAMA CANAL CLEAR for shipping is a tremendous task. Recently a landslide involving 250,000 cubic yards of earth and rocks began moving into the Canal. It was estimated that dipper dredges, working at full pressure for a month would clear the obstruction. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 760, 5 September 1929, Page 18
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