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Considered by some to be a man-made wonder of the modern world, on par with the CN tower in Toronto, the Empire State Building in New York, or the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Panama Canal dramatically cut the distance ships had to sail from the North Pacific Ocean to Europe.
The Panama Canal serves to create a bridge of sorts between the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
The ships go through a series of locks, and sail across a lake, to get from one ocean to another.
While in the locks, instead of being tied up to the side of the lock, ropes connect them to trains that guide the ship through the locks, and changes in water height.
Flat Hal and Flat Stanley spent a little time reading about the Panama Canal as we sailed Gatun Lake, and crossed the Continental Divide.
