To: kattracks
Adventure writer Richard Halliburton swam the length of the Panama Canal in 1928. The toll for his trip was 36 cents.
To: billorites
At the new rates ($2.80/ton) that sounds about right, or even a bargin. At the rates in 1928 he was probably ripped off.
If my math is off, I haven't had enough coffee yet today.
5 posted on
09/28/2002 6:03:41 AM PDT by
mykej
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