Panama Canal

[Sylvia Grinham]

My husband Stan Grinham ( aka Goolie) often told me about going through the Panama Canal

[j.sabourn]

I”ll bet the first time he told you Sylvia he told you how they were assisted through the locks by the mules. And waited for your reactions. Regards JS

[David Heskell]

It's repeated on Nat Geo this Saturday 16th at 13:00 or 14:00 on Nat Geo +1. I went through the Panama Canal several times in my brief Merchant Navy career and never ceased to be fascinated by it, so I have just set my Sky box to record it.

Watching very interesting program on Nat Geo called Panama Canal Revealed which shows how it operates etc. and is all about how it was built and the new canal locks that are being built to increase the traffic numbers.
Interestingly the biggest canal built before Panama and Suez was the Manchester Ship Canal and there was some interesting insights into its building. For example the engineer in charge basically invented the bucket dredger to get the job done in time and when the canal flooded half way through its building he invented the floating bucket dredger.
Prog. is well worth looking at though do not know when it will be repeated.
rgds
Capt. John Arton (ret'd)