Happy Birthday Panama Canal

[swall]

Yes, John, I see--an organic chemical spill into a water way. In light of the likely criminal investigations and liability litigation, I'm not going to comment further.

 

[jerry1423]

Many things used to build the Panama Canal was built here in Milwaukee, WI, not the least being the shovels that dug it out.
Some of the hydraulic cylinders that are used on some (or maybe ALL) of the locks were built here too, and one older guy (now retired) who worked machining some of the cylinders told me an interesting fact about one aspect of the hydraulics on the canal . . .
A form of vegetable oil is used as the hydraulic fluid on the lock cylinders to prevent environmental contamination if there is a leak.