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2. Panama Canal - Wikipedia

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   Panama Canal. /  8.997250°N 79.591333°W  / 8.997250; -79.591333. The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometre (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.

3. Panama Canal locks - Wikipedia

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   The Panama Canal locks ( Spanish: Esclusas del Canal de Panamá) are a lock system that lifts ships up 85 feet (26 metres) to the main elevation of the Panama Canal and down again. The original canal had a total of six steps (three up, three down) for a ship's passage. The total length of the lock structures, including the approach walls, is ...

4. USS Texas (BB-35) - Wikipedia

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   Designated NHL. 8 December 1976 [ 3] USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York -class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914. [ 4][ 5] Texas served in Mexican waters following the "Tampico Incident" but saw no action there, and made numerous sorties into the ...

5. History of the Panama Canal - Wikipedia

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   The Panama Canal cost the United States about $375 million, including $10 million paid to Panama and $40 million paid to the French company. Although it was the most expensive construction project in US history to that time, it cost about $23 million less than the 1907 estimate despite landslides and an increase in the canal's width.

6. Category:Panamax cruise ships - Wikipedia

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   This category is for cruise ships built to Panamax form factor, designed to fit through the Panama Canal. Pages in category "Panamax cruise ships" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.

7. Galveston, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Galveston (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.The community of 211.31 square miles (547.3 km 2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, [6] is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county.

8. SS Ancon - Wikipedia

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   SS Ancon. SS. Ancon. USS Ancon (ID # 1467) In port in 1919, while engaged in transporting U.S. troops home from Europe. The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock . SS Ancon was an American cargo and passenger ship that became the first ship to officially transit the Panama Canal in 1914 although the French crane boat Alexandre ...

9. Panama Canal expansion project - Wikipedia

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   A Neopanamax ship passes through the Panama Canal's Agua Clara lock in 2019. The Atlantic Bridge is seen in the background.. The Panama Canal expansion project (Spanish: ampliación del Canal de Panamá), also called the Third Set of Locks Project, doubled the capacity of the Panama Canal by adding a new traffic lane, enabling more ships to transit the waterway, and increasing the width and ...