The Panama Canal uses a lock system to lift massive cargo ships 26 meters above sea level by flooding chambers with millions of gallons of water, functioning like giant elevators that raise vessels through narrow channels and artificial lakes before lowering them back to sea level on the opposite side.
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A giant cargo ship [music] reaches the Panama Canal. Ahead stand enormous steel lock gates. Slowly they open. Tiny tugboats guide the massive hull forward while automated crews secure thick steel cables. Water begins rising beneath the ship. Millions of gallons flood the chamber lifting the vessel upward like a giant elevator. Lock by lock the ship climbs the system crossing narrow channels and artificial lakes. Then the process reverses. The water drains away rapidly lowering the ship back towards sea level.
Finally the last gates open wide. Ahead lies the vast Pacific Ocean. One of the greatest engineering journeys on Earth is complete.
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