Culebra Cut
Americannoun
noun
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After it was finished in December 1913, the Corozal was the first ship to sail through the Culebra Cut, the last barrier to the canal opening the following year.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
The Corozal's job was leading the ships working on the Culebra Cut, which was a difficult section of the canal, prone to mudslides.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
Attempting a sea level canal, work proceeded for seven years, could not cope with the Culebra Cut and Chagres River.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At 25 he was superintendent of the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal, blasting and steamshoveling his way through mountains.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Americans, on taking over the work from the French, found about 700 West Indian negroes engaged in excavating the Culebra Cut.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon
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