Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1913 — FIRST OPENING OF THE VALVES IN GAMBOA DIKE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIRST OPENING OF THE VALVES IN GAMBOA DIKE

Before the Gamboa dike in the Panama canal was blown up a considerable amount of water was let Into the Culebra cut through pipes in the dike. Our photograph shows the first opening of the valves of-these pipes, in the presence of Colonel Goethals and other officials.