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
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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Before war is declared a huge Japanese freighter explodes in Culebra Cut, blocking the Panama Canal for months.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And waiting for one of those Culebra Cut slides is going to be like camping on the trail of a volcano, I think.
From The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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