An amazing engineering feat!
My wife and I recently took a cruise to the Carribbean whose premiere port of call
was a day at the Panama Canal, and now you are cordially invited to peruse the
hundreds of pictures I have posted at: My Photo Site
FYI: Yes, I did take my GPS with me, and determined that the farthest South we
got was approximately 8 degrees 57 minutes North latitude. That's around 550
miles from the Equator.