Often called one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Panama Canal splits the continents of North and South America ...

Culebra Cut was the "special wonder" of the canal. Here, men and machines laboured to conquer the 14,2 km-long stretch extending through the Continental Divide from Gamboa on the Chagres River in the ...

The Panama Canal commemorates 100 years of dredging Culebra Cut, removing the last barrier during its construction for the free movement of vessels along the 80-kilometer waterway.

The $5.2-billion expansion of the Panama Canal recently reached an important milestone with the completion of dredging efforts on the famed Culebra Cut. In five years, more than 3.2 million cubic ...

The building of the Culebra Cut, later renamed Gaillard Cut, took place from 1907 to 1913. It was needed to link the artificial Gatun Lake with the Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks that brought ...

13,000 miles reduced to 47, -- Culebra, the deepest cut of the Panama Canal, near Pacific end ...

In May, 1913, steam shovels broke through the Culebra Cut, and the last cement was poured at the Gatun locks. The Chagres filled Gatun Lake, and engineers prepared for the canal's first trial run.

Goethals made excavation of the Culebra Cut a top priority on the construction site. When Goethals replaced Stevens as Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal, the bulk of the work still lay ahead ...

In the central division, the most important construction district is, of course, the great Culebra cut, from which during the fiscal year over sixteen million cubic yards were excavated, leaving ...

Culebra Cut was the "special wonder" of the canal. Here, men and machines laboured to conquer the 14,2 km-long stretch extending through the Continental Divide from Gamboa on the Chagres River in the ...