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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (11730)	1/23/2006 10:39:52 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 32591

A sea level Panama Canal? Yeah... I was thinking the same thing. The only location that I was aware where it's been proposed to dig a sea-level canal is in Nicaragua. But apparently it was proposed in 1947 to dig a sea-level canal in Panama: czbrats.com Extensive studies were devoted initially to two routes in or adjacent to the Canal Zone which became identified as the Chorrera and Panama Parallel routes. These were made because a sea level canal could be constructed on either of these routes without traffic interference. Subsequent studies, however, disclosed that the existing Canal could be converted to sea level without appreciable traffic disruptions. While the Chorrera and Panama Parallel routes were found to be feasible the present Canal route follows the more favorable alignment and the conversion cost would be less than constructing a new canal. The plans evolved for converting the Canal into a sea level waterway were so fully developed when the studies were concluded that the project could have been initiated without delay. Although the sea level project would be one of the greatest engineering tasks ever contemplated, no problems of an engineering nature were encountered which were insurmountable, and the final plans were reduced to the utmost in simplicity for a work of its magnitude. Several salient features either new or formerly considered impractical were developed.