Pedro Miguel Locks

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Panama Canal infrastructure lock complex

Pedro Miguel Locks is one of the key lock complexes of the Panama Canal, enabling ships to be raised and lowered between the Pacific Ocean and the canal’s interior waterways.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pedro Miguel, Panama	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Panama Canal infrastructure ⓘ lock complex ⓘ
belongsToCanalSection	Pacific locks section ⓘ
connectsTo	Culebra Cut ⓘ Gaillard Cut ⓘ Miraflores Locks ⓘ
constructionMaterial	reinforced concrete ⓘ
constructionStart	early 20th century ⓘ
country	Panama ⓘ
designedFor	ocean-going vessels ⓘ
elevationChange	approximately 9 meters ⓘ
engineeringSignificance	key component of Panama Canal lock system ⓘ
function	enable transit between Pacific Ocean and canal interior ⓘ lower ships ⓘ raise ships ⓘ
hasFeature	culvert-based filling and emptying system ⓘ lock chamber ⓘ miter gates ⓘ
hasInfrastructureRole	navigation control ⓘ water level regulation ⓘ
heritageSignificance	major 20th-century civil engineering work ⓘ
historicalEra	early 1900s ⓘ
isAdjacentTo	Gaillard Cut ⓘ Miraflores Locks ⓘ
locatedIn	Panama ⓘ Panama Canal Zone (historical) ⓘ surface form: Panama Canal Zone
locatedNear	Panama Canal ⓘ surface form: Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal Pedro Miguel Locks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pedro Miguel, Panama
lockType	concrete lock ⓘ gravity-fed lock ⓘ
namedAfter	nearby village of Pedro Miguel ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater	Miraflores Lake ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
numberOfChambers	1 ⓘ
opened	1914 ⓘ
operatedBy	Panama Canal Authority ⓘ
operator	Panama Canal Authority ⓘ surface form: Autoridad del Canal de Panamá
partOf	Panama Canal ⓘ original Panama Canal lock system ⓘ
positionInCanal	Pacific side ⓘ
region	Panamá Province ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
transportMode	maritime shipping ⓘ
usedFor	international maritime trade ⓘ transit between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via Panama Canal ⓘ
waterSource	Gatun Lake ⓘ
waterwayServed	Panama Canal ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miraflores Locks → connectedTo → Pedro Miguel Locks ⓘ

Panama Canal → hasLockSystem → Pedro Miguel Locks ⓘ

Pedro Miguel Locks → locatedNear → Pedro Miguel Locks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pedro Miguel, Panama

Gatun Lake → lockSystemSupplied → Pedro Miguel Locks ⓘ