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The first major capital improvement on the canal was the construction of the Madden Dam and Power Project, which was completed in 1935. That not only stemmed and controlled the flow of water moving into Gatún Lake to a rate of some 200 billion cubic feet (6 billion cubic meters) per year but also created a large reservoir, Alajuela Lake (formerly Lake Madden). It also increased the production of electric power in the region. The Boyd-Roosevelt Highway was then built across the isthmus, thereby adding a third means of transportation to the waterway and the railroad. In 1955 the Thatcher ...(100 of 6220 words)

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