New Gates on the Move

Can't believe how hard this news is to find... thought it would be showcased with more fanfare. Anyway very interesting news and can't wait to see some more pictures or even some video. The installations of the new gate is taking place at the Aguaclara Locks which is on the Atlantic side. The first two pictures are from Panama's channel 2 (TVN-2) and the third picture is from the Atlantic Expansion Cam. Also at the end of the post will be a link to TVN-2.

http://www.tvn-2.com/Noticias/Paginas/Comienza-instalacion-de-compuertas-en-ampliacion-del-Canal-.aspx

Great pictures, thanks

Here are a few more pics that were sent to me...

Gate is entering the lower chamber of the new lock, this area is the north end of the lock which will be at sea level:

A little further into the lower chamber:

Another view in the lower chamber:

Just before being placed into temporary position in the lower chamber. You can also see the the ramps constructed to drive the gates into the middle and upper chambers on the left wall looking up the lock. The ramps are also visible in picture above.

Thanks for the pictures, those gates are huge!

Thank you for sharing this.

Keith

Looks like a third gate has made its to the lower level of the expansion locks from the temporary storage site at Davis Landing.

Maybe some better pics will come over the transom later! This picture from the Atlantic Expansion Cam.

They have moved one of the gates into the middle level. From the Atlantic Expansion web cam.

Still busy playing musical gates... a second gate has been moved to the middle level. That makes 4 of the required number of 8 gates that have been moved into the lock complex.

Just by way of comparison as we approach the 100th Anniversary ...

That last pic is of a William Van Ingen charcoal sketch that's in the Panama Canal Headquarters Building. Van Ingen visited Panama several times, made these sketches, then went back to his studios in New York City to paint the murals that are in the rotunda of the Panama Canal Headquarters Building.

Obviously, they didn't have OSHA back then!

Regards, Richard

Gates are on the move again... this time to the Pacific side. The first pic is one of the new gates on a barge leaving the lower level of Miraflores Locks.

The next picture is of the gate just having cleared Miraflores Locks, in the Pacific channel.

Headed towards Balboa with the Bridge of the Americas in the background.

Here's a "rapid transit" video of the new gate traveling to the Pacific side.

This is so much more interesting than all the celebrity crap you see on what passes for news these days. Mahalo.

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