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This map from the construction of the Panama Canal illustrates the north end of the canal, showing the area around the Gatun locks and Gatun Dam. The proposed lock and dam structures are shown superposed over the waterways existing at the end of the French attempt to build a sea-level canal there. North is to the left.
From An address to the National Geographic Society by George Washington Goethals, February 10, 1911.
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