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The handling equipment used at Pedro Miguel and Miraflores
locks was entirely different
from that at Gatun. At Pedro Miguel, Berm cranes, containing the
mixing machinery, were
stationed at the head of the lock, with arms extending on either
side, from which grab
buckets were lowered to pick up sand and rock, as the case might
be.
The finished product was carried by these trains into the lock
chambers.
Many of the old French locomotives were repaired and used for
this work.
Panama and the World's Greatest Canal—by Ralph
E. Emery-1915—Leslie-Judge Company
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