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Dynamite Opens Panama Canal to Pacific Waters

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 3, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 22.

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Dynamite Opens Panama Canal to Pacific Waters

On May 18, by the explosion of 32,750 sticks of dynamite, a lot of earth was cleared away that permitted the waters of the Pacific to flow into the Panama Canal. This does not mean, however, that the canal will be ready for ships right away; but it was an important stroke in the work, for it will enable certain waters from the rivers adjacent to be disposed of so that the work can be greatly facilitated.