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Panama's contractors hill: handle with care
Removal of deepening fissure above 400 ft of Panama Canal posed following problems: construction of 5×7 ft tunnel into hill above water line on canal side, removal of one half weight of free block of stone, and levelling top of hill to EL 350 and benching sides of area parallel to canal; equipment used; geological formation; planning of drilling and shooting program, and procedure.
Panama's contractors hill: handle with care
Removal of deepening fissure above 400 ft of Panama Canal posed following problems: construction of 5×7 ft tunnel into hill above water line on canal side, removal of one half weight of free block of stone, and levelling top of hill to EL 350 and benching sides of area parallel to canal; equipment used; geological formation; planning of drilling and shooting program, and procedure.
Panama's contractors hill: handle with care
Eng News-Rec
Halmos, Jr., E.E. (author)
Engineering News-Record ; 155
1955
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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