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Feb 1962
Overhaul of Locks in the Panama Canal
Publication: Journal of the Waterways and Harbors Division
Volume 88, Issue 1
Abstract
Panama Canal is one lane canal, despite fact that it has 2 lanes of locks; this situation exists because each lane, in turn, must be closed periodically for maintenance and equipment overhaul; details of past and present lock maintenance procedures with present 2 weeks of lane-outage times; description of procedures being developed for use after 1964, that will require lane-outage time of no more than 24 hr.
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Journal of the Waterways and Harbors Division
Volume 88 • Issue 1 • February 1962
Pages: 29 - 55
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© 1962 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Feb 1962
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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William A. Carter, F.ASCE
Gov., Canal Zone Govt., Balboa Heights, Canal Zone
Robert D. Brown Jr., F.ASCE
Industrial Coll. of Armed Forces, Ft. McNair, Washington, D. C., formerly, Engrg. and Const. Dir., The Panama Canal Co., Balboa Heights, Canal Zone
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