Panama Canal Transit

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Uploaded by on Jan 28, 2008

A detailed look at the sights and sounds of a Panama Canal transit in particular the mules, the little electric engines, that pull the ships, in this case the mv Arcadia, through the locks.

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  • The "mules" or locomotives don't really pull the ship - they may assist sometimes - but the ship uses it's own propellers to move. The locomotives have heavy cables running to the ship and their main purpose is to keep the ship off the wall, to keep it in the centre of the chamber.

  • La vera ingegneria idraulica!!!!!!!!!!!

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