Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1913 — FIRST BOAT THROUGH THE OPENING IN GAMBOA DIKE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIRST BOAT THROUGH THE OPENING IN GAMBOA DIKE

The first boat to enter Culebra Cut from Gatun Lake after the Gamboa Dike was blown up was a native canoe manned by two Americans, who paddled their craft through the new channel almost immediately after the explosion.