The Gatun Locks - a Freighter in front of us

The Gatun Locks - a Freighter in front of us

The Panama Canal Locks, which lift ships up 25.9 m (85 ft) to the main elevation of the Panama Canal, were one of the greatest engineering works ever to be undertaken at the time.The total length of the lock structures, including the approach walls, is over 3 kilometres (nearly two miles). The locks, which have a total of six steps, limit the maximum size of ships which can transit the canal. Each of these steps has two lock chambers, doubling the amount of traffic that can be handled; together they raise ships from sea level to a height of 25.9 m (85 ft).
There are three sets of locks in the canal. A two-step flight at Miraflores, and a single flight at Pedro Miguel, lift ships from the Pacific up to Lake Gatun; then a triple flight at Gatun lowers them to the Atlantic side.

So much information in Wikipedia - this is just a small quote from it.
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All my photos are taken from various levels of our ship where I ran around trying to find the best angles.
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