Gatun

[ gah-toon ]

noun

1. a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.
2. a large dam near this town. 1½ miles (2 km) long.

Example Sentences

At Gatun the eighty-five-foot lake level is obtained by a dam across the valley.

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At Gatun ships pass from the sea to the lake level, and vice versa, by three locks in flight.

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Where it was once believed that Gatun Dam would be the hardest task on the Isthmus it proved to be the easiest.

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The surface of the water in this lake is normally 85 feet higher than the surface of the water seaward from Gatun and Miraflores.

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As a matter of fact, Gatun Dam proved the happiest surprise of the whole waterway.

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