| Here is an old familiar scene that many
of us can remember. It was always a blast to ride the train across
the isthmus. I did it for a year until I was assigned a bachelor
apartment in Gatun. The ever familiar power/transmission line towers
followed the tracks from coast to coast.
They replaced many of these old familiar towers
during the '80s along the lake track lines. I sat and watched
them changing some of them while fishing near Monte Lirio. Sure was
sad to see these old friends being torn down.
The photo below shows the erection of one of the original
transmission lines at New Gatun in 1914.
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