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Gatun Locks and Gatun Lake, Panama Canal
April 2009
Gatun Locks Panama Canal April 2009 Index
Gatun Locks 001 - Limon Bay
Gatun Locks 002 - Tug boats entering Limon Bay
Gatun Locks 003 - French Cut
Gatun Locks 004 - Tug boat in Limon Bay
Gatun Locks 005 - Alligators in Limon Bay
Gatun Locks 006 - Davis Landing
Gatun Locks 007 - Easy way to get around
Gatun Locks 008 - Green and orange arrows
Gatun Locks 009 - Tow trains called mules
Gatun Locks 010 - Ship next to us entering
Gatun Locks 011 - Entrance to the first of three
Gatun Locks 012 - Looking down at one of the mules
Gatun Locks 013 - Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse
Gatun Locks 014 - Storage area for extra mules
Gatun Locks 015 - Tug sitting nearby
Gatun Locks 016 - Extra mule storage area
Gatun Locks 017 - Extra mules in storage
Gatun Locks 018 - Entering the first of three
Gatun Locks 019 - In the first lock
Gatun Locks 020 - Protective rubber bumpers
Gatun Locks 021 - Tapered entrance
Gatun Locks 022 - Less than 18 inches
Gatun Locks 023 - Roadbed will swing into the canal
Gatun Locks 024 - Lock doors are closing
Gatun Locks 025 - The doors are shut
Gatun Locks 026 - Hinge of one of the huge lock doors
Gatun Locks 027 - Measurement markers
Gatun Locks 028 - Inside the first Gatun Lock
Gatun Locks 029 - Two sets of locks
Gatun Locks 030 - Two mules
Gatun Locks 031 - Ship next to us is much higher
Gatun Locks 032 - Ship next to us has risen 27 feet
Gatun Locks 033 - Mule guiding the ship next to us
Gatun Locks 034 - Mule guiding the ship next to us
Gatun Locks 035 - Centered in the canal
Gatun Locks 036 - Second Gatun Lock
Gatun Locks 037 - Doors closing
Gatun Locks 038 - Doors closed
Gatun Locks 039 - Heading into the second Gatun Lock
Gatun Locks 040 - First Gatun Lock
Gatun Locks 041 - Passing through Gatun Locks
Gatun Locks 042 - How low the ship next to us is
Gatun Locks 043 - One of the administrative buildings
Gatun Locks 044 - Sitting around on a mule
Gatun Locks 045 - Mule in the service shop
Gatun Locks 046 - Gatun Locks control office
Gatun Locks 047 - Gatun Locks control office
Gatun Locks 048 - Mule in for service
Gatun Locks 049 - Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse
Gatun Locks 050 - Target used by the cable handlers
Gatun Locks 051 - Doors opening
Gatun Locks 052 - Open to see the inner workings
Gatun Locks 053 - Gatun Locks observation post
Gatun Locks 054 - Worker preparing to make a dive
Gatun Locks 055 - Worker preparing to make a dive
Gatun Locks 056 - Preparing to send a diver down
Gatun Locks 057 - Gatun Locks control building
Gatun Locks 058 - Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse
Gatun Locks 059 - Mule guiding the ship next to us
Gatun Locks 060 - Signage on the control tower
Gatun Locks 061 - Line shooting practice target
Gatun Locks 062 - Mule guiding the ship next to us
Gatun Locks 063 - Cable guides on a mule
Gatun Locks 064 - Mule guiding the Norwegian Pearl
Gatun Locks 065 - Maintenance work on the doors
Gatun Locks 066 - Cuartel De Bomberos De Gatún Oeste office
Gatun Locks 067 - Closed doors from the water filled side
Gatun Locks 068 - Cables and mules
Gatun Locks 069 - Preparing to release their centering cables
Gatun Locks 070 - Atlantic Entrance Range Middle Lighthouse
Gatun Locks 071 - Approaching the end
Gatun Locks 072 - Releasing it's guide lines
Gatun Locks 073 - Mule retrieving it's cables
Gatun Locks 074 - Doors closing
Gatun Locks 075 - Closer view of closed doors
Gatun Locks 076 - Door opening and closing mechanism
Gatun Locks 077 - Third of three Gatun Locks
Gatun Locks 078 - Rubber bumpers
Gatun Locks 079 - Ships do on occasion bump the sides
Gatun Locks 080 - Rotating platform
Gatun Locks 081 - Worker waving hello
Gatun Locks 082 - Evidence of ship impacts
Gatun Locks 083 - Rotating track switching
platform in use
Gatun Locks 084 - Rowboats are occasionally used
Gatun Locks 085 - Lock status arrows
Gatun Locks 086 - Chagres River
Gatun Locks 087 - Small tug
Gatun Locks 088 - Chagres River
Gatun Locks 089 - Gatun Lake
Gatun Locks 090 - Position markers
Gatun Locks 091 - Quarry in Gatun Lake
Gatun Locks 092 - Road construction
Gatun Locks 093 - Tug on the Chagres River
Gatun Locks 094 - Lighthouse in Gamboa
Gatun Locks 095 - Huge Crane
Gatun Locks 096 - Another giant crane
Gatun Locks 097 - Chagres River near Gamboa
Gatun Locks 098 - Two huge cranes
Gatun Locks 099 - Rail bridge
Gatun Locks 100 - Pump station in Gamboa
Gatun Locks 101 - Los Lagartos Restaurant
Gatun Locks 102 - Rail bridge over the Chagres River
Gatun Locks 103 - Chagres River near Gamboa
Gatun Locks 104 - Chagres River near Las Cumbres
Gatun Locks 105 - Chagres River near Las Cumbres
Gatun Locks 106 - Work in progress
Gatun Locks 107 - Work in progress
Gatun Locks 108 - Approaching the Centennial Bridge
Gatun Locks 109 - Near the Centennial Bridge
Gatun Locks 110 - Passing under the Centennial Bridge
Gatun Locks 111 - Centennial Bridge
Gatun Locks 112 - Chagres River near Paraiso