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80-G-49573 Panama Canal

Panama Canal
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Title: Panama Canal
Caption: 124' in width, as against 110' spar of the Panama Canal, the 18,000 ton capacity Navy floating drydock was passed from one Ocean to another by a plan careening the dock on its beam end towing it through. The plan conserved and directed by Naval Civil Eng. Corps and carried out by CB's. Overhead view of the mammoth dock as it was careened to 90 degrees. Note how the welded steel pontoons provide stabilization to the dock-enabling it to withstand a 110-mile wind without capsizing. 25 June 1945.
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Catalog #: 80-G-49573
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Mon, Jun 25, 1945
After this Year: 1939
Before this Year: 1945
Original Medium: BW Photo
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