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Culebra Cut

American  
[koo-ley-bruh kuht, koo-le-brah] / kuˈleɪ brə ˈkʌt, kuˈlɛ βrɑ /

noun

  1. an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, northwest of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.


Culebra Cut British  
/ kuːˈlɛbrə /

noun

  1. the former name of Gaillard Cut

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

At 25 he was superintendent of the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal, blasting and steamshoveling his way through mountains.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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