As a matter of fact, Gatun Dam proved the happiest surprise of the whole waterway.
The Gatun dam is, however, founded upon the alluvial deposits of the Chagres River.
Behind was the bubbling, leaping flow of the spillway itself, and Gatun Dam.
When they had gone thus far it was then decided to build a little dam a few yards long identical in cross section with Gatun Dam.
A crowd of men, in the uniform of the Gatun police, burst into the room.