The Phenomena of the cruise passes the Canal/Carlos Pueblo
There are
two basic theorem applied to the phenomena of the huge
cruise passes
the Canal, the density and the tunnel effect. European
engineers have
successfully practiced such physical principle into good
uses, ship
building and the old canal transportation technique. Density
is the
weight divided by the volume and water is 1 means 1 mg/ml
while the
cruise density is less than 1; therefore, the 162,000 tons can
be afloat.
There are 6 locks on the Panama Canals to adjust the water
levels of
the waterway from one lock to another 26 feet high is the
requirement.
The entering and disposing of water to the man made lake
adjacent to
the waterway is also based on another theorem, the gravity;
therefore,
the water change involves no power at all.
Once the
ship enters the first lock, everybody is anxious to watch. The Bliss
is a new
ship designed for the scenery route of Alaska and is on the way to
that
destination via the passage of the Canal. The ship is sit on the chamber,
the pond in
between two locks, and the water is filled in to raise the water
level to 26
feet, on the measurement label. After the water level on both
chambers are
in the same levels, the 2nd lock is opened automatically and the
huge ship is
guided and towed by a powerful tug boat to pass the chamber and
the lock. On
the U.K. 2000 miles canals and rivers system, the barge operators
are required
to take turn to open the lock manually. It takes 10 hours to pass
6 locks on
the Panama Canal while about 45 minutes to an hour to pass a
single lock
in England. It is good to mention that the newly crown Japanese
Emperor has
some experience of such phenomena when studying the English
water transportation
for two years.
There is an
original canal for ships with a little bit less weight side by side with
this newly
addition of 48 miles. I walked around the observation lounge on
Deck 15 with
sparkly windows around, a design for the glacier viewing in Alaska.
We started
at 7 a.m. from the Caribbean Sea and reached to the Pacific side around
the sunset.
We saw two or three huge containers mooring on the strait preparing
to enter the
Canal. I could identify some of their names, Yang Ming and Evergreen,
famous
Taiwanese cargo ships.
After the
Canal passage, I went to have my 4 weeks land trip to the U.K. where the
weather was
still very chilly and dam. A lady at the information center heard my
experience
of the Panama Canal recommended me to visit local canals and I did
many times
in England with additional taste of the unique waterway passage.
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