LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 11, Number 4, February 15, 1957 Page: 4
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t rainfall in that area, Gatun Lake
maintains a high enough level of
water sufficient for continuous oper-
ation of the locks in this manner.
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seh bter il dnusta offihemin eachteoen.Anh-thredte
otherarl. If only we could asao aelweelhruhanteesto
who was big enough, good enough,again. A
smartsea level canal, without locks, could
fident enough so that everybodybe built (and is under serious con-
tide variation is 20 feet. Because of
swer bu I illdisussthe inan-the terrain of the isthmus of Panama
othr atice. f nlywe oul soveships are lifted 84 feet at one end
theprolem ofhowtheselishessof the canal using locks and then
of tis orl cold e eimiate sotravel nearly the entire length of
the eope oftheword wold elpthe canal 84 feet above the level of CHI4
eacth ocean. Atsea the otherin endthe
othe. I onl wecoud fid amanare lowered through another set of
lock back tog oceanh level again.hA
sear levelh canal without locks could
been builth (an isa undeeseiouscon
woul sa, "ou how s te wy."sideration). The cost of it, however,would say, "You show us the way."
Some people might say that there is
no such man, but there is such a man,
the Lord Jesus Christ. Let's tell
everybody about Him. He is the only
answer. He can not only save us
from our sins, but He can help us
to live right and be right and do
right.
OPERATION OF THE CANAL
A popular misconception of the
Panama Canal is that one ocean is
higher than the other. This is not
true. They are both the same level
except that the Atlantic has a tide
variation of 2 feet and the Pacificwould be great because of the deep
excavation required across the 40
mile wide isthmus of Panama.
Though the locks may appear com-
plicated, their operation is very sim-
ple. There are no pumps involved and
all water flows by gravity through
valves into or out of the locks. To
raise a ship in a lock, water from
the lock above or from Gatun Lake
is introduced into that lock through
huge underground valves and tun-
nels. To lower a ship in a lock, water
is wasted out through these tunnels
and valves to the lock below orLeTourneau Tech's
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LeTourneau Technical Institute. LeTourneau Tech's NOW, Volume 11, Number 4, February 15, 1957, periodical, February 15, 1957; Longview, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1526855/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting LeTourneau University Margaret Estes Library.