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Balloons and Explosions – Panama Canal Expansion Begins
The Panama Canal Expansion Project kick-off with an explosion today, literally. We have covered the project before in our post titled, “Panama Canal Expansion” but we are excited to see the project move into the construction phase.
If you’re looking for more information head over to The Panama Guide website which has a good history of articles on the expansion.
Here is video of the explosion:
- BBC News – In pictures: Panama Canal expansion
- gCaptain.com – Panama Canal Expansion & Timelapse video
- CNN.com – Expansion begins on Panama Canal
- Map – Components of Third Set of Locks Project
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