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Interoceanic Sea Level Canalof Colombia

Researchers

Jaime G. Gomez, MD Claudia G. Baldwin, M.Ed, Ed.S

2014

Interoceanic Sea Level Canal of Choco, Colombia

Interoceanic Ship Canal, William Kennish, 1855

William Kennish, NY 1855 Traducción al Español

Nathaniel Michler, Washington DC, 1861

Atrato River: World’s Fourth Greatest Volume

River

Topografic Map Atrato-Truandó Scale 1:25.000 IGAC1964

Gulf of Urabá, Hydrology 1949

Comparison Two Options for the Canal.

Napipí-Tarena Rivers: Two tunnels de 10 miles long.

Curiche-Bahia Colombia: Open Cut 3 miles long.

“After studying 30 possible sites, the only place where a sea level canal can be made is route # 25: Atrato-Truando"

  

Conclusions: US Commission for the

Interoceanic Canal, 1960

Curiche- The lowest point of the Baudo range at 7°N

Baudo Range Profile: 2 Tunnels Cut – 3 Miles Long, Kennish 1855

Atrato River: The Route to Join two Oceans.

El Colombiano, June 8, 2014 by Gustavo Ospina Zapata

Baudo Range

Baudo Range Geology: Basalt

PRELUDE: 600.000 tons, 488 m long,   81 m wide,  24.611 m draught, 93 m high.

Feasibility: 

Toll: $1 ONE DOLLAR PER TON OF CARGO By 10.000 SHIPS CROSSING PER YEAR

Requirements:

A) FIRST DRAFT B) BUSINESS PLAN (A + B to be submitted to

National Planning Bureau DNP Colombia. C) NEW LAW: Creating Canal Tax Free Zone. D) FINANCING E) CONSTRUCTION

New Law

1964- Law # 53 1984- Law # 53 Both laws lapsed without being enacted. 2014: New Law ordering the construction of

the interoceanic sea level canal and a Tax Free Zone.

Financing

13.445.154.000 millon dollars

Summary of the estimated cost of the

canal (p145)

Summary Estimated Cost of the Canal (cont.)

Construction Equipment

A.Digging machine Krupp

Construction Equipment

Cut and Suction Dredging Barge

Vermeer Basalt Cutting Machine T1655

Jumbo drilling machine – front view: Furukawa Rock

Drill Co.

Lateral View

Hydrail on a saddle monorail to remove basalt from Baudo Range.

Route: Curiché, Chocó –Bahía Colombia, Antioquia.

Autor: William David Robles

Management & Operation of the Canal, Thesis: 1996

Map Curiche-Bahia Colombia

501 years ago

“ Someone called Saavedra proposed the construction of the Interoceanic Canal.” Royal Writ Pedrarias Dávila, 1513 Governor of Castile