Panama Canal
March, 2009
canal map (north is to the left)
Miraflores visitor center and museum
lunch at Miraflores visitor center
Gatun Locks - original "mule" (and Lois)
Gatun Locks
Gatun Locks control building
Gatun Locks looking toward Caribbean
Gatun Locks
Gatun Locks - "mule" engine
Canal pilot on bridge
Gatun Locks
Titan floating crane
canal dredge in Gatun Lake
drill platform (for blasting) in Gatun Lake
canal widening project - Gatun Lake
canal widening project - Gatun lake
canal cruise on Fantasia Del Mar
canal tug
navigation markers
dredge in Culebra cut
passing through the Galliard (Culebra) cut
"Thor" placing explosives in Culebra cut
Galliard (Culebra) cut
third set of locks (under construction)
canal widening project in Culebra cut
canal widening project in Culebra cut
canal widening project (tubes for blasting)
new Centennial Bridge
Cantennial Bridge
Panama Railroad moving containers
Pedro Miguel locks
location of third set of locks
canal widening project
canal "mule" engine
cruise ship
canal widening project
Pedro Miguel locks
Pedro Miguel locks
Miraflores locks - our ship (Fantasia Del Mar is on the right)
small boats in Mirraflores locks
Mirraflores locks
Mirraflores locks
Mirraflores locks
Mirraflores locks
cargo - wind turbine towers
canal widening project
Ancon Hill
Bridge of the Americas, car carrier ship in port
U.S. Navy taking on suppies
Bridge of the Americas, Pan American Highway
ships waiting to enter canal
pilot boat
disimbarking Fantasia Del Mar