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| The Panama Canal has 3 sets of locks, two near the Pacific end and one near the Caribbean end. The Miraflores Locks are the first locks at the Pacific end. |
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| This yacht was going through ... | with this freighter, which as we later observed, was itself a comparatively small ship. |
| The yacht's fee for passage was $500. | The freighter's fee was $46,000. |
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| The yacht about disappeared when the water drained ... | and the freighter's hull dropped from sight. |
| The water drained remarkably quickly, in only a minute or two. |
| Six electric locomotives guide the ship through -- two pairs in front and one pair behind. |